HOW TO – Make your own movie poster
Here’s how to make your own “Pirates of the Caribbean” style movie poster with a few photos and an image editing application like Photoshop or GiMP – Link.
Month: July 2006
DIY Airport (for that old iBook)
Mark writes – “…an iBook, even the older ones, are fine notebooks. Mine is a modest dual-USB one with 600MHz G3 and 384MB. Of course, I’d rather have a quicker model, but still, for roadtrips and websurfing it’s alright. Really it is. It runs Tiger quite smooth, which was a big surprise to me actually. […]
Adverts for old electronic stuff
Mike writes – “I recently picked up a box of old copies of the UK electronics trade publication ‘Electronic Engineering’ from the early to mid-1950s. These contain lots of historically interesting adverts for components etc. which were the latest technology of the time, giving a different view to the sort of stuff in the more […]
Sparkbench – old radio restoration
Sparkbench has a ton of beautiful retro radio restorations – “Vintage Radio restoration is a passion of mine. It always gives me a thrill to bring one of these relics back to like new condition. There’s alot of sites dealing with real valuable old radios, but this is a site for the ‘common tinkerer’ with […]
Mario made from glass
This fellow took a picture of Mario to an artist in Mexico and one hour later he had a Mario out of glass (video) – [via] – Link.
Coin Validator – Acceptor
Ariel writes – “The sketch and the pictures I posted are of a simple mechanical coin validator – acceptor. it works on the principle that once you insert a coin through a crack that is made according to the exact size of a specific coin. the coin rolls down and fills a slot then by […]
HOW TO – Make a homemade Power Squid
Daniel writes – “Here’s a homemade version of the Power Squid, a variation on a power strip. Instead of plugging your cords into a strip, you get power by plugging into little extension cord outlets that look a little like tentacles. In a regular power strip, big transformers block nearby outlets. In the Power Squid, […]