iPhone hacks widget
Here’s a widget for your Mac that will give you all the latest tips, tricks and HOW-TOs for your iPhone – from HACKSZINE! – Link (zip).
Month: July 2007
1930s Japanese robot
Yasutaro Mitsui with his steel humanoid, circa early 1930s. Dig those crazy vacuum tubes… Robot of the day – Link
Elevator express mode hack: truth or myth?
There’s an urban legend that claims you can put most elevators into “express mode,” causing the car to sweep directly to your floor without stopping. Supposedly, all it takes is holding down the “door close” button in combination with the desired floor number (and, perhaps, a slight lack of scruples). Is this fact or fiction? […]
HOW TO – Make a Reversible Journal Cover
Lara of Kirin Notebook shows you how to make a reversible journal cover. Link.
Last Day of the Weekend – Subscribe to the Weekend Projects Podcast!
This weekend, the video will teach you how to make your own printed circuit board and the PDF has the supply lists and everything you need to get started! Get the video and PDF automatically by subscribing in itunes. – Link
HOW TO – Make a Star Shaped Ribbon Bows (Video)
This popular Japanese TV show has a great demo showing you how you can make your own special ribbons bows for gifts. I love the Japanese game show feel to this how-to and all the oohs, ahhs, and audience clapping. You don’t need to understand Japanese at all to make this. Don’t miss the surprise […]
Barebones Arduino on a breadboard
Here is a truly barebones Arduino setup. Just the Arduino chip and a few support parts. This has to be close to the simplest and lowest cost way to play with microcontrollers. The only special parts are the resonator and the Mega168 programmed with the Arduino boot loader. Everything else you should already have as […]