I think we’ll see lots of virtual time pieces become physical soon…it has 4 alarms to alert you of ferry and airship departures, guild shop opening times, or recharge times of your characters special ability or recast times. What makes this so crazy, you may ask? Final Fantasy XI is a persistent virtual world in which events take place in real time, or “Vana’diel Time” as it were. Link.

Squid Labs is hosting a tech night tomorrow in Emeryville as a broad outlet for your creative expertise and artistic expression. Bring a slide show of the coolest thing you’ve done recently, or a neat object you have crafted, or a problem you’d like to brainstorm, or a paper you found buried in the literature that illuminates the secrets of the universe, or just something that burns or explodes in an elegant way. [via] Link.

Artist Joe Scanlan created a DIY guide (subtitled “How to kill yourself anywhere in the world for under $399”) for a coffin made of the components from three pieces of IKEA furniture. The fully illustrated book retails for $27.50 shipped (some assembly required). The assembled project includes flower stands, pictured above. [via] Link.

The whole idea is, I have several GPS units with no display and I wanted an easy way to see my position. I have the option with the HamHUD II to see this, but it uses up precious display space that I rather use to display some APRS related information instead. So, I need a way to take the NMEA data comming out and display it in a simple format that can be read easily while driving down the road. Link.

PSPKrazy has released PSP FTPD v0.01, a simple, but working FTP server for your PSP. With it, you can send files to your PSP without any cables, in Wireless (WIFI). It is based on psppet ‘s networking example and some parts were taken from theno23’s httpd. It is a complete rewrite of a ftp daemon for education purposes. Link.

It’s summer time, so you might want to geek out your grilling…Instead of tending the fire yourself, a small control system can tend it for you, controlling the air flow to maintain a set temperature. You could enhance our design to warn you to add fuel during a very long smoke cycle. Link.

Here’s an interesting map hack (there are tons this week!). This Yahoo! Maps hack lets you view news over a map of the USA. It looks like all you need to do is make a special XML file and tag it on the end, so if you’re interested, check out what’s in the URL and make your own too. Link.