HOW TO – Shut down your computer with a text message
HOW TO – Shut down your computer with a text message by Tinkernut via CG. Control your VCR with a text message.
Computers & Mobile
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Felted bacon iPod / iPhone case & the ever growing DIY bacon accessory and bacon craft collection…
Antjes makes these lovely felted bacon iPod / iPhone cases via Giz. More: Maker of the day – Matty Sallin, Bacon-cooking alarm clock. Bacon Wrap. HOW TO – Bacon Tiara. Bacon Scarf. Fleece Bacon Scarf. MMmmm bacon….costume. HOW TO – Make bacon soap. HOW TO – Make Bacon Curls. HOW TO – Make bacon. The […]
Using the design process
In engineering, programming, web design and most other creative work, many people consciously use The Design Process. The PBS show Design Squad provides some great examples of how people can work with this system. There are also plenty of resources for working with students and other learners on their site. The Android G1 is pretty […]
Mint-powered Google Phone
Have a G1 Android Google phone? If you want to get hours and hours of extra talk, stand by, web and video time the do-it-yourself open source MintyBoost charger works great with it! via Ladyada. More: Mac and T-Mobile G1 (Google Android) phone syncing. Android Proxy App – Use your Android G1 for net access. […]
Cardboard laptop stand
Tomas Carrillo designed this cardboard laptop stand: I wanted something that could raise my laptop screen by 8″ and not show too much cardboard. The final result is a stand that is partially hidden by the laptop’s keyboard and takes up a small amount of desktop space. Although this stand has held up well under […]
DIY: Cardboard laptop cooler
Here is another great idea form James Li. This time he used some scrap cardboard and an old case fan to make a laptop cooler. Let’s just hope his laptop does get too hot, cardboard ignites easily. My laptop needs to be slightly elevated to cool it down, so here is a laptop cooler (unfortunately, […]
HDDJ – hard disk for rotary input
In search of smooth-spinning hardware to use as a rotary input device, nvillar made use of an old hard drive – resulting in a sweet controller with excellent aesthetics – We admired the quality of the bearings in the motor that drives the disk plates, enjoyed the fact that even a soft flick would get […]