Andy writes “I picked up a Velleman K8055 USB I/O card the other day and was a bit disappointed that the only software that came with it was a closed source Win32 DLL and a simple control panel for the board. So I don’t have to boot into Windows to play with it I’ve produced a Mac OS X application that talks to the board. It’s open source too so you can write your own control applications”. Link.
Deadprogrammer’s Cafe writes “It seems like humans will try to fold and rearrange just about anything. Paper, money, postcards. Some people make a living folding their members in surprising manner. Others fold dollar bills. What chance did humble Metrocard stand from being turned into an art material?”… Link.
Switchfoot’s new album Nothing Is Sound shipped from Sony with copy protection software on the CD, much to the dismay of thousands of iPod-wielding fans. The band posted a response on their official forum apologizing for the protection and detailing ways to circumvent the protection and rip their songs to PC. Switchfoot linked to open-source program CDex’s download page with instructions on disabling the autorunning protection and ripping the files to MP3. Many of Switchfoot’s fans have been upset by the copy protection measures, and it’s nice to know the artists seem to care about the issue. [via] Link.
I finally got around to checking this out…“we’re going to do something pretty bold… we’re going to release the iPod Video.” Finally, I got sound and video to work together on the iPod Photo (thanks to a new audio driver by Bernard). It should show up in CVS soon (within the next few hours). It’ll be in the next nightly kernel+podzilla.” [via] Link. HOW TO and downloads here. I’ll post a video soon, so far it worked great.
Josh writes “This is my friend’s weblog, he made this computer for his friend out of spare parts he had lying around, and lacking a case, he mounted it on a piece of plywood and added some led lights. Not really an innovative project, but pretty pro nonetheless”… Link.
Most of us electronics obsessed folks know that the everyday power strip just doesn’t cut it. A typical 5-outlet strip might be able to accommodate two bulky power converters, so you end up needing three of them to connect your five devices. Definitely not a pretty picture. To solve this problem some brilliant person eliminated the actual strip and simply connected together five flexible outlets. Now your big square power converters can exist in peaceful harmony, all of them humming along in unison to the same lovely tune. [via] Link.
Josh writes “After scoping out the new AJAX multi-platform IM client