John made a more interesting IR case for his entertainment system – “This will show you how to hack a McDonalds happy meal iZ toy into an IR receiver for use with a whole-house IR repeater system.” – Link. Related: HOW TO – IR remote control – Link. HOW TO – IR remote control your […]
Jon writes – “One of my friends is a manager at a local movie theater, which uses a digital projector to show advertisements between features. After seeing the It Burns When I Wii video, we figured we could one-up it with the equivalent of a 344″ television screen. We wanted to use my friend’s Nintendo […]
I’m bookmarking the one for when I build my own speakers or mod a set of ones found in the trash – the enclosure is a great idea, a speaker icon! [via] – Link. Related: Fold-Up Speakers – Link. HOW TO – make folding speakers – Link. HOW TO – Carry cooler box speakers – […]
Pillowcase writes – “I had this bluetooth headset I got at goodwill for $5 and the battery was dead. Now its kinda useful as a bluetooth-rca bridge!” – Link. This won’t win any kudos for sound quality, but it’s a great re-use of a tossed headset. Related: Getting Your Bluetooth Headset to Work in XP […]
Chris writes in with the MAKE inspired TV repair on his 47″ Panasonic HDTV (model: PT-47W53G) – “I think that if I hadn’t been reading Make magazine and the Make blog every day, I wouldn’t have attempted this. I have their t-shirt that says “If you can’t open it, you don’t own it”, so I […]
If you own a CD you can rip the songs to MP3s, it’s silly that you cannot “legally” do the same with your DVD collection you own and take your movies with you on devices you own, but don’t worry there are a couple super easy one click apps that can help out– DVD to […]
Here’s something fun to do if you’re having a gathering at your place and want to do something interesting with the large black box in the living room, make your TV into a work of art with some toilet paper rolls and fabric! [via] – Link.
