SYSTM Episode 2 is out, build your own MythTV box. Download the torrent and check it out. It’s a good starter if you’re interested in making your own High Definition TV recorder without the content being locked down, it’s also good if you don’t want to pay fees for using a TV listing service or a monthly fee. Another good resource to check out is the EFF cookbook here and our article in MAKE 02. Link to SYSTM.
Good DIY spot welding project. Kaden writes- There’s lots of reasons to have a small scale precision spotwelder…this particular guy builds *serious* small scale turbine engines. Not satisfied with the abilities of commercially available units, he did what any self respecting Maker would do, and built his own. Schematics, parts lists and more on the site Link.
Jim Aspinwall from PC World has some good TiVo tips and tricks. If you own a TiVo digital video recorder, you know that this magic appliance can change the way you watch TV. But, with a little work from you, your TiVo is capable of much more. With several innocent gimmicks, you can make using TiVo even slicker. If you have other good ones post them up in the comments! Link.
Justin Frankel (the creator of Winamp) has a new project called Ninjam. Ninjam allows two or more people to jam through the net with real audio (no MIDI goofiness like past internet jamming software). It’s like Skype for musicians, though the music is delayed a few measures to keep everything in sync. You plug your instruments in, the software provides a beat. Then you find out what a crappy guitar player you are. Link.
We’ve covered a few ways to make ebooks for Playstation portables (PSP) and now there are some sites popping up that offer books for download specifically formatted for your PSP screen. Unfortunately it some of these aren’t public domain. I really think there’s a market for ebooks on UMD and memorysticks, provided there were some somftware intelligence for font sizing, bookmarking and perhaps audio versions as well. Why not sell gamer guides for the PSP… Link.
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2005 began June 6 with the Keynote by Steve Jobs, and continues with a full week of in-depth technical sessions, powerful hands-on labs, and exciting special events. On Thursday June 9th MAKE will show all things podcasting from 12:45 to 1:30pm with Phillip Torrone, Associate Editor, MAKE Magazine. I’m going to show a lot of what we put together in volume 02 of MAKE, how to do make podcasts, the tools, hardware, software, show formats, pretty much everything. If you want to meet up, look for me around the session! Link.
One of my fav shows, they made a jet pack from plans on the web to see if it would work. Adam and Jamie embark on the longest and most ambitious build they’ve ever undertaken: creating their own personal flying machine from scratch. Are these machines as magnificent as their designers claim? To make the project more realistic, the two limit themselves to a build period of one month and a budget of $10,000. They busted the myth pretty well. Link.
