Make reader Ross from the UK writes “I took the preview pdf of the “Lets Rumble” article from the front page and experimented with trying to fit it into the PSP photo size. Well it worked really well so i finished off the article and put it on my PSP. It looks great so i thought i would share it you” Here are the photos. And here is a ZIP file with the images sized for the PSP, just place them in the PSP/PHOTOS directory on your memory stick.
The New England Wireless and Steam Museum in East Greenwich, RI looks pretty neat. The red building houses the wireless collection. The next building is the Massie Wireless System station, “PJ”, built in 1907. It is the oldest surviving working wireless station in the world. The building in the center houses the stationary steam engine collection. This collection includes the only surviving George H. Corliss engine running under steam today. The Mayes building houses the Mechanical Engineering library and the collection of steam engine models. Link. Thanks Brian!
Lots of experiments and demonstrations on paper plates. Welcome to a unique genre of education materials. Paper Plate Education is an initiative to reduce complex notions to simple paper plate explanations. This website promotes innovative hands-on Activities that you can experience across a range of interests, at varying degrees of complexity, and at a low price—all with common paper plates. Link.
Ask Slashdot has a good post with a lot of helpful comments on making your own DIY arcade. “I’m looking into building my own MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator), and for the most part the equipment and know-how to build one can be found via our good friend Google. However, the number of webpages dedicated to showing off complete machines or other gaming hardware hacks (turning an XBox into a full MAME, for example) are a little lacking. Link.
This week we released 3 audio shows to help pass the time waiting in line for Episode III and as DIY noise cancelation. Today while in line the fellow in front of us had seen it already and was convinced it was a good idea to tell everyone around him all the details. Don’t let this happen to you, get these audio shows. Yahoo! Music interview with Ian Rogers, DIY Robotics with Thomas Burick from White Box Robotics and DIY Droid/R2-D2 builders with Tom Jozwiak & Kelly Krider.
TotalRewind.org is a virtual museum of VCRs spanning pre-1970 up to the some of the latest systems and formats. Lots of photos, history and tidbits like this: The name Betamax is derived from a Japanese word “Beta”, which apparently means quality (and can also describe the recording system) plus “Max” to imply maximum quality. Link.
In Dayton, Ohio on May 20, 21, & 22, 2005 the annual Dayton Hamvention at the Hara Arena is going on. If you live in the area or can travel there, it’s perhaps one of the best sources of all sorts of electronics- 500 inside exhibits and 2500 Flea market spaces. A few years back I picked up a modded Alinco radio for really cheap. Link.
