Once again, the driver-wielding nerds over at iFixit can (apparently) claim first crack at a 3rd gen iPod nano and the new iPod Classic. They’ve posted tear-downs, with notes, of both new players on their site. iPod nano 3rd Generation – [via] Link iPod Classic – [via] Link
Jake von Slatt is steaming it up! He writes – OK, I was reckless. I went ahead and etched my iPod without doing extensive tests on electrolytic etching of stainless steel. But you see, I had a deadline – a flight to Los Angeles to be on television and I wanted the iPod done for […]
I have been doing some testing with the iPhone and the super efficient MintyBoost we have @ MAKE. The first revision of the iPhone firmware didn’t seem to like any 3rd party chargers, but since the latest updates everything seems to be working. I’m still doing testing but it looks like you might be able […]
A user on the Hacked Gadgets Forum posted this simple conversion of a common wall-wart into a USB power supply/device charger. He used the power adapter from an old Iomega drive and a few common components. I’ve seen several versions of these floating around. Easy to make. Nice to have around. DIY Wall-Wart USB Power […]
Here’s an inline headphone amp using a MAXIM MAX9725 surface mount chip and some smd capacitors. Feel free to make yours look prettier than this one. In-line headphone amplifier – [via] Link
Neat idea, add inch (or centimeter marks) to your headphones and use them as an always-with-you tape measure or quick measurements – Link.
Here’s a simple Instructable for creating an earbud cord manager out of a hunk of credit card plastic, killing two birds with one stone: unruly ‘phone cord *and* unruly spending. Earbud cord wrapper in 5 minutes or less! – [via] Link
