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Taking devotion to Mario to a whole new level is this eeepc etching by flickr user Revolvingdork. This project taught me 2 things: 1. 70% speed 40% power are good settings for etching with an Epilog on an eeepc. 2. The levels in Mario really weren’t that many screens long! You can pick up an […]
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Flickr member Nick Russo demonstrates that irrevocable feeling of a system error with metal etching … I’m guessing the above window will prove unresponsive. – Error on Flickr
By far one of my favorite iPhone apps, SynthPond provides a blank canvas for sound experimentation, accessed using cell/planet-esque components with individual parameters set by the user or at random. SynthPond’s creator ZachGage writes – synthPond is a music / art piece that I made for the iphone. It’s a spatial synthesizer, and it’s in […]
I haven’t had my iPhone for that long, but a constant frustration is its overachieving autocorrection feature, which could use a bit of training on the peculiar words and acronyms I tend to use on a daily basis. Our favorite iPhone hacker, Erica Sadun, recently investigated this very issue and found that not all text […]
Alex, of Tinkerlog, writes: The Problem: Whenever I was prototyping on a breadboard I was annoyed by all the wires to setup before the actual project could begin. Arduino projects were much easier. The 6 pin ISP (In System Programming) header alone was troublesome. Make an adaptor to plug a 3×2 pin header on a […]
Boot Beep – The story of the Mac’s boot chime, with source code written in 68000 assembly language… Andy Hertzfeld – When you powered up an Apple II, it would make a short beep sound to let you know that it was alive. We thought that the Mac should do something similar, once it passed […]
Todd Wiley writes to us: We’re starting up a co-op hacker space in Lexington, KY. Were going to have a brief planning meeting this Thursday, 7PM, at Common Grounds (343 East High Street). I hope other area makers will come out and pitch in. I’ll likely be keeping information flowing on twitter.com/xtoddx. Common Grounds
