Happy Father's day from MAKE
It's still not too late! Here's MAKE Art Director Kirk von Rohr's Father's Day thank you and a downloadable PDF of a MAKE Father's Day card. Download the PDF, give Dad MAKE for Father's day...I am a horrible basketball player. While most kids were perfecting their layups, I was in the workshop. I wasn’t always there because I wanted to build something, or because I liked the smell of plywood fresh off the table saw. I was usually there to be with my dad. I knew that, more often than not, that was where he could be found, tinkering, inventing, or fixing something.... Read more...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | June 19, 2005 at 01:12 PDT | Discuss (0)  

Beginners Guides: USB Memory Drive Projects
Good beginner guide to running, installing and using a USB drive for just about anything you might need on the go. Encryption, Firefox browser, word processing, arcade games and yes even an operating system can be run off your USB hard drive... if you know how! Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | June 19, 2005 at 01:09 PDT | Discuss (0)  

Electronics parts jewlery
Stunning jewelry for guys and gals, made from all sorts of electronics parts. Cascading Diode Necklace and Earrings #NCD001, #ECD001
Created from 57 1-amp diodes intricately woven together, this elegant necklace with matching earrings is the perfect adornment for formal events. [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | June 19, 2005 at 01:05 PDT | Discuss (0)  

Propeller Clock
Another POV project- this one is neat clock. A motor spins the "propeller", and a small microprocessor keeps track of time and changes the pattern on seven LEDs with exact timing to simulate a 7 by 30 array of LEDs. It is an illusion, but it works nicely. Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | June 19, 2005 at 00:57 PDT | Discuss (0)  

Linux Laptop-HOWTO
An old how-to, but still useful- Laptops are different from desktops/towers. They use certain hardware such as PCMCIA cards, infrared ports, batteries, docking stations. Often their hardware is more limited (e.g. disk space, CPU speed), though the performance gap is becoming smaller. In many instances, laptops can become a desktop replacement. Hardware support for Linux (and other operating systems) on laptops is sometimes more limited (e.g. graphic chips, internal modems). Laptops often use specialized hardware, hence finding a driver can be more difficult. Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | June 19, 2005 at 00:56 PDT | Discuss (0)  

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