Inspired by Ian Meyer’s Google Maps on iPod Photo, I decided to do the same on Sony PSP. Using the Sony PSP’s excellent 480 x 272 widescreen LCD and image pan and zoom function, I only need one high-resolution view from Google Maps. Link.
No matter what you think of podcasts, this is really cool. One day before landing, STS-114 Mission Specialist Steve Robinson transmitted the first podcast from space. Link.
Here’s how to make a CD/DVD printer from a cheap $35 printer found at Walmart. Looks a little tricky to construct, but the results look great. Link.
Launch potato projectiles 200+ yards with this stun-gun triggered, high-powered potato cannon with see-thru action. (Good thing potatoes are biodegradable.) Here’s a PDF from MAKE volume 03. To get our PDFs sent to you automatically (and you have iTunes) Click this link and click SUBSCRIBE.
Do it yourslef plasma globe. The circuit in my homemade unit has driven a homemade globe quite well. It has also driven a store-bought globe extremely well. Add to the list Neon bulbs (I get trails in candle-flicker bulbs and calculator displays.), florescent tubes, Xenon flash tubes, and even normal light bulbs, etc. [via] PDF Link.
This is a great mod, who knew DELL could look so cool. In the world of modding OEM computers are something ugly. They aren’t the easiest to mod and the fact that thousand of people have an exactly same computer doesn’t make them more unique. But an experienced modder like me doesn’t get scared of those facts. Where people see impossibility I see a challenge. [via] Link.
