Anthony writes “Hey guys, we just announced the winners of the “The Great MacMod Challenge 2005 Sponsored By dealmac.com.” The competition was incredibly fierce this year with over 30 mods. These mods ranged from a Mac Mini installed into a Millenium Falcon to a hand painted hieroglyphics-inspired PowerMac to the world’s fastest overclocked Bondi iMac”. Many of the winners have been spotlighted on MAKE, congrats Mac Mod Makers! Link.
Tom Bridge writes: In the aftermath of Katrina, with our T1 gone in our Jackson, MS office, we had to create a simple dialup router that could share one connection across many devices. This is how we did it. For less than $200. In an hour. Link
John writes: I saw this today at Paper Forest. It’s a website that has about 40 ways to fold a sheet of paper into an envelope. May not sound all that cool but once you take a look at the amazing designs you will change your mind. We agree — there are some interesting problems to be solved, and maybe even some interesting solutions for your own fabrication problems. Link
Jay Brewer writes My daughter is currently obsessed with Fireflies – and if you’ve ever seen them in person, you’ll become obsessed too….The Firefly lights have an “electronic brain” that makes Firefly Magic fireflies flash, flicker, and fade just like Mother Nature’s real fireflies and each is sealed in a waterproof case, insuring the microprocessor and electronics will last for many years. Link
This site features free plans for a human-powered hand-built scroll saw, a scroll saw bench, and plans for a wooden coat hanger to get you started on your first scroll saw project. Hat tip to the folks at land-o-links.com – thanks!. Link
Andrew points us to RipTide’s Arcade Style Dance Dance Revolution metal pad:
A small project site with instructions on how to make your very own home built metal Dance Dance Revolution dance pad. Once built you can play it on your PS1/2. If your a hardcore fan, you can also get a Playstation to USB adapter and run Stepmania so you can play Dance Dance Revolution on your computer! Link.
We’ll cover whatever is announced on Tuesday’s big Apple event, but Kevin Rose seems to have the scoop. Cingular will announce an iTunes compatible phone – the “Rocker”. New 2GB ipod called the “Nano” – it will sport a color screen and will be much smaller and thinner than a mini. Price = $199. Link.
