MrGAmba writes – “Every once in a while you get the problem of your cell phone running out of batteries just when you haven’t got a charger at hand. This afternoon it happened to me,…. Damn empty battery and no charger for miles… At least that I know of. So what do you do ? […]
Myrtlebaggins uses this DIY turtle locator, a mobile phone – on Hannah the pet Tortoise to locate her on the nights when it gets cold… – Link.
Neat, it’s a rotary dialer macro… Modern Mechanix 1936 – “”Key Caller” Speeds Phone Service – MAKING telephone number connections three times faster than can be done with an ordinary dial device is the work accomplished by a recent London invention. The “key caller,” as machine is called, consists of an instrument resembling a small […]
Ani Od Chai entered this BIG PHONE in the MAKE & CRAFT Halloween contest, you don’t want a BIG 7 foot cardboard PHONE to win right? Get entering! – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our […]
Bay Area (CA) Makers, this looks like a lot of fun (tonight)… – “Radio Handi is hosting a happy hour for phone geeks. Tuesday Oct 10th at the Phone Booth, 25th and S Van Ness in San Francisco. This is a phreak potluck. We’re asking everyone to bring an interesting fixed line phone (rotary phones […]
Michael Gartenberg from Jupiter Research spotted this odd phone service for making free international calls, you call a number in Iowa (712-858-8883) and according to the site… “When the gateway answers, enter 011 then the country code and number you want to reach (mobile users, do not hit SEND – the call will go through […]
For those of you who have an EV-DO phone, here’s how to use its wireless connection with your PC and/or Mac, Ben writes – “In today’s How-To, we’ll show you how to share your HTC Apache’s EV-DO internet connection with your laptop. We’re going to focus on the XV6700 by Verizon, but one can re-apply […]
