New iPods now work with Linux
At first it looked like it wasn’t going to be possible to use the newer iPods with Linux, but 36 hours after the story made the rounds online there’s now some code to get things working… Link.
Month: September 2007
Gyro-stabilized camera rig for RC plane
It’s Chris Anderson Day on MAKE: Blog. Here, he shows off a gyro-stabilized camera mount he built for his RC plane. You can see more of his (and others) efforts at building amateur UAVs at DIYDrones.com. Gyro-stabilized camera mount – [via] Link
Red-Figure Chucks
Flickr user jere7my writes: My mom painted these Converse Chucks in the Attic red-figure technique as a gift for my fiancée, the classics prof. Each of the four sides displays a different scene from a different Greek vase — that’s Odysseus bound to the mast in the foreground there. (If it were really in the […]
HOW TO – Transform hand warmers in to liquid ice sculptures
Popular Science shows you how to make cool ice sculptures from the liquid inside hand warmers… – The mechanism behind this is supersaturation. Hot water dissolves much more sodium acetate than does room-temperature water. Keep adding sodium acetate to a pot of nearly boiling water until it stops dissolving, and you’ve saturated the water. Let […]
Seamonster Collar
Lumpkin on Etsy recommends we all wear one of her seamonster collars this fall — a perfect way to show off your inner child and keep warm. [ via ] Link.
Simple Roomba bumper hack
When we got our Roomba and it whirred off on its first cleaning detail, as it headed for one of the stuffed chairs in our living room, I had an oh-no moment realizing that the chair was above the floor almost at the exact height as Roomba’s bumper. Luckily this wasn’t the case, but if […]
Crochet Sushi Cellphone Cozy
Rare Bird Finds got a great pick with these amigurumi cellphone cases by AmigurumiKawaii on Etsy. [ via ] Link.