Wow a Mac version of our volume 02 PC Atari project! The goal? Turning a vintage 1970’s Atari 2600 game consol into a Macintosh computer, running the latest and greatest Mac OS X. The catch? Try and keep the Atari looking stock, up to a point. Link.
The Freedom Toaster is a conveniently located, self-contained ‘Bring ‘n Burn’ facility, where users bring their own blank discs and make copies of the open source software they require. The Freedom Toaster project began as a means of overcoming the difficulty in obtaining Linux and Open Source software due to the restrictive telecommunications environment in South Africa, where the easy downloading of large pieces of software is just not possible. Link.
Good dissection photos and HOW TO for projects if you want to use the new Apple mouse as parts. …it’s important to note that if you decide to take your Mighty Mouse apart, do so at your own risk and be very aware that the process may involve breakage and/or sawing, so there’s no turning back once you get started. Link.
…a Mac Mini-driven 4U rack with an eBay-rescued LCD screen, for playing soft synths on a keyboard and running guitar effects via Guitar Rig software. Next week, when creator Christopher is off the road, CDM will post his Logic Pro Environment file and talk about how you can use this feature for interactive live performances, switching between instruments and effects. Link.
I’ve been a fan of Orb for a long time, it allows you to watch all your media on your home PC from the road. And now they’ve opened up with a new API that allows developers to use their transcoding, transmission, and presentation frameworks inside the Orb server to gain access to any applications or content that is on (or accessible from) your home machine. Forums here and API
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Andrew writes “I saw your post on using Blogger to post emails from a mailing list and grabbing the RSS from that. Anyone who uses Bloglines already has this functionality built-in to their Bloglines account. There is an unobtrusive link down at the bottom (Create Email Subscription) that spits out a disposable email address (username.#######@bloglines.com) that can be used to sign up to mailing lists with. I have a few in my account and find them quite handy, but the feature is usually listed in with all the others, and I could see how it could get missed”. Thanks! Link.
Rich sent us a step-by-step on how he made a mineral-oil immersed PC. I like what he did in this project, adding bubbles really makes it seem more freaky that the PC is immersed in a liquid and still works. Link.
