Build your own Digicomp mechanical computer!
James from Retrothing writes – “The classic 3-bit Digicomp mechanical computer from the 1960s has been reissued as a $49 kit. It looks fantastic.” Link.
DIY Projects
Homemade Nintendo messenger bag
Frogz in the Craftser forums has an awesome bag – “Inspired by the nintendo purse I decided to make my own nintendo bag, but instead of a purse, I made a messenger bag with the design of the controller on the flap. This was my first attempt ever at making a bag of any sorts. […]
Virtual Breadboarding
Windows tool to test out your electronics ideas – there are free and more advanced versions ($) – “VirtualBreadboard is an easy to simulation and modeling tool that can be used in place of a real breadboard for quickly performing experiments and testing out electronic and microcontroller powered ’embedded’ applications.” Link.
MacGyver – on sale at Google video
Looks like the first seasons of MacGyver are for sale on Google video for $1.99 a pop (Windows only) Link. On a related note, MAKE is pleased to announce Lee David Zlotoff (creator of MacGyver) will be doing a regular column in MAKE!
Homemade MAME arcade cocktail-style machine
Ian writes – “This is a scratch-built MAME machine, based around my mum-in-laws old Pentium 3. Much more fun than Quake 4…There are a lot of MAME machines around, but very few cocktail-style cabinets – they seem to be mostly upright. I also haven’t seen any side-by-side two-player setups. The aluminium legs were sourced from […]
A Watch Maker’s notebook
Ron DeCorte is a master watch maker and his site is filled with a ton of amazing close up photos of watches, the parts and all sorts of wonderful articles that actually make me want to wear a watch now. Some of the watch parts look like little mechanical creatures in a petri dish… [via] […]
HOW TO – Stop paying for ring tones
Wired has a good article/how-to on making your own ring tones using our favorite audio tool, the open source Audacity. You’ll need – Cell phone with MP3 ring-tone support CD or MP3 of the song Audio-editing software that allows export to MP3. If you don’t already have this, Audacity is a good open-source program you […]
