Neat HOW TO for keeping the mouse quieter if you have roommates – “Having used my silenced rodent for nearly 1/2 year at home, I finally decided to get rid of the clicking noise at work too and here’s the how-to. Some people wanted me to translate the original article, but I guess it’s better to start afresh with a revised and simplified approach”. Link.
Here’s a site with 1000 things made from Bamboo; once I looked at all the photos, the only thing I could think of is what can’t be made from bamboo. The gallery is pretty fun: the bike and mutli-story car park are my favorites. Link.
Nice HOW TO for making a Mac mini into a sweet TV recorder “No, this isn’t the first Mac mini – PVR tutorial, but new products hand software have made this more interesting than ever before. And, with the best options available, this will be the last Mac PVR tutorial you’ll need to read”. The best part is the encoding happens off the mini in this example. [via] Link.
leadingzero writes “The following is a fairly detailed explanation of the making of the rumble mouse. In this explanation I assume that the reader has some understanding of basic circuits and soldering. If you just want to see the final product in video form you can go ahead and skip to the bottom, I don’t mind”. Link.
Gary writes “This site has project information for amateur boat builders. This sounds particularly fun–The infinite modular sharpie: “TIMS (The Infinite Modular Sharpie) is an idea that has been around for a couple of years: Basically the idea is someone builds a bow and stern unit, then at a messabout, a number of people bring “middle” sections, and the whole thing is strung into a single boat.” I Googled “messabout,” and it’s “A Messabout is a gathering of amateur boat builders and lovers where YOU get to see and usually try out many different amateur built boats.” Link.
Coding Duck writes “MANGA is a series of the network products of PePLink. I am now working as an software engineer in this company. Someday I realized that I have a lot of spared MANGAs under my table. Some of they are manufacturing phototypes, engineering samples or units with outlook defects. Therefore, I desired to get some (as much as) funs from our MANGAs. MANGA system is originally designed for networking, but we think it can be more. Lets record our ideas of “how to abuse your own products” Link.
Elliot writes “Among the problems that weigh on the minds of card-game players everywhere are these: Why do some games come in those annoying double-wide packages? Why do some games come in boxes that are fragile or don’t stay closed? Is there any alternative to those stupid plastic baseball card boxes or rubber bands? What do I do if I expand my deck so that it no longer fits in the original box? What do I do if the box my cards came in distintegrates? What do I do if the cards came in a big envelope instead of a box? I come to you with the following answers: Who knows? Beats me. Yes. Make your own boxes! Make your own boxes! Make your own boxes!” Link.
