ElephantStaircase’s VGA to RJ45 conversion – “A VGA monitor connection only requires 8 conductors for operations. Although it has many pins, they are not all needed, and some are used for keying. An Ethernet cable (CAT5, CAT5e, CAT6) cable has 8 conductors and can carry the signal a long distance on a thin cable for […]
Latest version of iPodWizard supports font hacking on the 5G iPods “…the main change in this version is the ability to change the main font used on 5G iPods. The process of changing the font is almost identical to the previous method except you need to click on the OTF Fonts button when in the […]
Ian writes “The basic mod is simple: cut down the CVS cam to the bare essentials and mount it inside the nose cone. I used foam core to support the camera board and USB connection. I had three unsuccessful launches before I got this video, though I’m not sure why they failed. After the first […]
FragX has a how to on making your own Xbox 360 case – “If you’re like me, you like to treat your console like the amazing piece of technology that it is. I became increasingly frustrated with the carrying/protection case options out there. I bought and returned several before deciding to take matters into my […]
Antti writes “I bought an old 15″ tft display from my friend because the display of my laptop didn’t offer enough workspace. This monitor just happened to be too ugly to be tolerated for long. I never had the guts to modify my laptop, so this new screen of mine offered a great opportunity to refresh my building skills. I turned some of my ideas into a 3d model to see how they look. The leading idea was to show the parts of the tft and of course: it shouldn’t be too hard to build.” [via] Link.
Matt writes – “Custom steel bicycle made on the cheap. In a world where the knowledgeable cog head can easily spend over $3000 for a custom built bicycle of any quality here’s someone who went on a crusade to meet the need for almost nothing but elbow grease.” Link.
Hardwaresecrets has a goo how-to on doing projects with a parallel ports – “The computer parallel port is the easiest way to control devices outside the PC, like LEDs, lights and even home appliances. In this tutorial we will teach you how to use the computer parallel port to control circuits outside your computer. The greatest thing about printers nowadays is that they use USB connection. Thus, on the majority of modern PCs the parallel is not used, so it is available for us to use it to control circuits outside the computer box.” Link.
