Don’t throw out those dusty 5″ floppy discs with your beta tapes and eight-tracks just when they’ve acquired real collector clout. Instead, follow Anthony Georgis’s example and use the sturdy black covers to protect updated technology. Slice the edge off with a paper cutter, and slip in your hot-off-the-burner CD... Link.
Here’s a really detailed site documenting the construction of a Lego PC, start to finish. My favorite part about this is that all the switches and lights are Lego based…Link.
The Jack Kirby Museum opened yesterday on what would have been Kirby’s 88th birthday. While just an online museum at this point, it promises to be a great resource for learning about the life and contributions Jack “The King” Kirby made to comic book culture. Largely under-credited for his role in co-creating many of Marvel’s characters during the Silver Age of comics, his career spanned over 50 years. [via] Link.
More papercraft! This Japanese website sports downloadable, lifelike papercraft fishies of various delicious breeds, including Oshorokoma, Amago and Yamame. [via] Link.
Here’s a pretty wild case mod, it’s a PC inside of what looks like a small segment of the people power grower things from the Matrix. The mod even includes a little human in a pod. [via] Link.
Interesting photo and possible background of one of the earliest photos? – One summer day in France in 1826, Joseph Niepce took the world’s first photograph. It’s a photo of some farm buildings and the sky. It took an exposure time of 8 hours. Voila! It had to feel pretty incredible, like magic. Link.
Maker Don Brown writes “I have a hobby of creating arcade machines using computers and MAME. This is a budget arcade cabinet. Instead of a computer running the MAME software, the gaming is provided by a Namco TV Games 5-in-1 game controller, hacked for real arcade controls. So, instead of spending a few hundred on a computer, the controller is $20. Also, inside is a 14″ TV, saving money there too. The Penny Arcade plays Pacman, Galaxian, RallyX, DigDug, and Bosconian”. Link.
