Video signal generation from a PIC chip
Richard writes “I have designed the hardware of the PIC game system to be able to run severla different kinds of games. It has two standard C64/Amiga/Atari joysticks and video and audio output. The processor is a PIC16F84 running at 12MHz. THe description of the hardware is placed on this separate page as it is the same for both of my PIC-based video games. So far I’ve only made two games, Pong and Tetris, but some day there might be more games for the system.” [via] Link.
Cape and Ray writes “The great thing about building a loft, is that it is entirely customizable. Dorm rooms are small and it’s nice to have some extra space, so we built a loft for storage. There are many other things you can do from simply raising a chair or sofa a small bit to building an entire second floor.” 
Use the Nintendo DS a little hotspot finder, Natrium42 iin 3DGPU forums writes – “DS2Key uses DSWifi library by 
Handy Instructable from murph38_99 – “Create a USB car charger for any iPod or other Device that Charges Via USB by splicing together a car adapter that outputs 5v and USB Female plug. The most important part of this project is to make sure that the output your chosen car adapter is between 4.75v and 5.25v otherwise you risk damaging your device. Please verify voltage with a voltmeter.” 
“For quite some time it has been possible to access the Internet using mobile phones, although the role of the phone has strictly been that of a client. Considering that the modern phones have processing power and memory on par with and even exceeding that of webservers when the web was young, there really is no reason anymore why webservers could not reside on mobile phones and why people could not create and maintain their own personal mobile websites.” [
If Martha Stewart were a Geek…She would read MAKE! – article by Steven Levy in Newsweek! “A new life awaits your wheezing videocassette recorder… as a time-release cat-food dispenser. After only a weekend of work–two fun-filled days involving an old meat grinder, parts from a broken lawn mower and serious surgery on something called the video head drum assembly–you will have a Rube Goldberg-esque contraption that dispenses Tabby’s kibble while you’re away at the Burning Man festival.”