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iPhonola

iPhonola

One of our readers sent in this project that uses a vintage record player as a base for an iPhone dock. I love adding new functionality to discarded antiques. Check out the link for more pictures of the build. Umm… Yeah. So, about a month ago, I found an old Waters-Conley Phonola “portable” record player […]

iPhone sculpture

iPhone sculpture

Wow, this is a pretty intense iPhone sculpture via Giz. The assignment was “to create a pedestal to hold our ‘precious object,’” Buckner tells Mac|Life. “As everyone around me would have guessed, I chose my iPhone. Our pedestal had to be mostly made out of wood, and relate to our precious object.” Given the amazing […]

Self-printing Game of Life in C#

Self-printing Game of Life in C#

Igor writes– Conway’s Game of Life has fascinated computer scientists for decades. Even though its rules are ridiculously simple, Conway’s universe gives rise to a variety of gliders, spaceships, oscillators, glider guns, and other forms of “life”. Self-printing programs are similarly curious, and – rather surprisingly – have an important place in the theory of […]