Linux cluster using old MSN TVs
This Maker took 20 old MSN TV 2’s and clustered them together, now they’re all running Linux. Here’s how he did it – Link.
Month: February 2006
The Museum of Unworkable Devices
“David Jones has built a number of ingenious ‘fake’ perpetual motion machines for museums and trade shows. These are beautifully made of bicycle wheels, sewing machine parts, plumbing hardware and other embellishments. They are displayed in glass or clear plastic cases with no obvious means for energy input. Observed by visitors daily, they slowly turn, […]
Knitting Podcasts
Whip up has got a nice round up today of great knitting podcasts to check out. Link.
HOW TO – Famicom to NES game conversion
Mister Joshua writes – “Apparently some NES cartridges contain a removable/reusable adapter that enables one to place the guts of a Famicom game inside an NES cartridge and play it on any American NES console. A step-by-step guide is provided, along with useful tips for determining whether flea market cartridges contain a Famicom adapter.” Link.
Crochet Taxidermy Art
Currently on display at the Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Feb 14 – April 9) in Warsaw, Poland, is the crochet artwork of Louise Weaver. Weaver crochets “skins” on tops of various 3d objects including taxidermists’ forms of native Australian animals. [ via ] Link.
Review: Animal Crossing and Electroplankton
Zonk on Slashdot has an excellent review of the only two “games” I “play” for the Nintendo DS – “When is a game not a game? Because it’s software designed to run on the Nintendo DS, Electroplankton and Animal Crossing: Wild World are packaged and sold as traditional games. Despite that, they don’t have many […]
HOW TO – Make a PS2 Serial Cable
Marcus made a serial port for a PS2 “This page has instructions for building your own serial cable that connects directly to the PS2’s EE processor. It only needs 5 wires soldered onto the PS2 mainboard, and a simple interface circuit to convert the EE’s voltage levels to the standard RS232 levels.” [via] Link.