HOW TO – Improved spam filtering
Excellent suggestions on a DIY spam filtering solution on Instructables: “I have been using a method of spam filtering for a number of years that works well in sorting personal communication from channels that may induce spam. I generally issue one email address to personal contacts and a second is used when dealing with online forum, e-commerce etc where I expect that address will fall in to the hands of spammers. I have setup two gmail accounts and the ‘spam’ account forwards all mail to the ‘personal’ account which labels those received mails with a filter accordingly. By pushing spam filtering out to the edge of the mail client, the address, you take away reliance on spam filtering technologies which can be duped.” Link.
Chris writes in with something to do with a laptop keyboard: “Ever wanted a laptop keyboard to use with your stationary computer? Lee Char did and took a keyboard from an old Compaq and ‘converted’ it to be connected to his regular computer. This is something that would be interesting to spin further on by interfacing this keyboard with an PDA instead, like an iPAQ. Anyone have an idea on how to do this?” 
Sam writes: “One of my favorite sayings is ‘all a lock does is keep an honest man honest.’ Any time a new gadget comes out that speeds up the ability to pick a lock it is often extremely overpriced. Any vibrating lock pick is a bit overpriced in my opinion, so here is a way of making a good vibrating lock pick for about $9.00 and a half hour.” This project turns a vibrating Oral-B flosser into a lock pick. 
Steve writes “While I love my Playstation Portable as a both a game machine and portable media device, one of the biggest limiations is the fact you’re limited to the storage on the memory stick. Even with a 1GB stick, after you drop on a movie or two, you’re really limited in what you can store on it compared to an iPod.” This how-to shows how to use custom firmware on the WL-HDD 802.11g drive enclosure to add a built in webserver. By using RSS feeds, you can stream content directly from the drive to the PSP. 
Inverarity writes in regarding serial port projects for PCs – “There’s a great book for this stuff, 
William on GoRobotics writes “The popular educational and hobbiest company, Parallax is finally 
Flickr member Chainbreaker writes: “I found these old magazines last week at the flea market and thought that the graphics on the covers were great. Some of the articles are interesting but I really enjoy looking through the advertisements and classifieds.” I also really enjoy these old magazines; it’s pretty amazing what people used to make and build. I usually show these at conferences when I talk about about DIY culture and MAKE history. [