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Announcing MakeNYC2’s May Meeting (#2) – un-Maker Faire! Part 1: un-Make Faire Learn to put things together by taking things apart ! One way to learn how to make your own creations is by studying other similar things that are all around you. (And anyway, you know you’ve always been curious about how your CD-ROMs […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool DSchrubbe makes the old new again (or vice-versa?) with this retrofabulous all-in-one PC enclosure – Originally a 1957 Setchell-Carlson P-62 portable television, this great chassis now houses a PC and flatscreen monitor. Wi-Fi, a wireless keyboard, and wireless mouse reduce clutter. I hope to modify the peripherals to a […]
Make your own iPhone skin with this tutorial. You can download a template from the website, along with very detailed instructions. I really like the matte black finish, since it will help hide all those messy fingerprints and tiny scratches. The slimmest of iPhone cases is still too thick to use with the dock, so […]
Andrew Salomone made this “Offline Oracle” take on a Ouija board. He made it as an “internet substitute” art piece. He writes: The point of this piece is that access to information clearly does not make us smarter, if we are unable to figure out how to apply the information we have to some useful […]
Here’s how to turn an old NES controller in to an Apple remote, fun mod! via Hackmod.
I started making these acrylic recreations of CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) images late last year, and just came out with a new batch. These images are used by websites to prevent spam bots from creating accounts or posting content. Every time I find an attractive one online, […]
Lovely Apple G4 mailbox.
