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Matt Mets’s Thing-a-Day projects are getting ridiculous: Tonight’s project is a physical flag that attaches to my computer and goes up when I have new mail. First, I found biff, which is an extension to Thunderbird that proves a socket interface to poll for new mail status. Then, I wrote a little Python application to […]
Mark at Boing Boing writes: The Blow N Glo Special, built and driven by Maddog, is a nice-looking car built to compete in the San Fernando Valley Illegal Soap Box Federation races. The February issue of Hot Rod has an article about the S.F.V.I.S.B.F. San Fernando Valley Illegal Soap Box Federation – Link
This video tutorial shows you how to modify the case on a Tiger Electronics VideoNow kid vid player (which normally uses a special 4″ CD) so that it can play back regulation CDs. VideoNow Color Mod Uncut Cdr [Thanks, Craniac!] – Link
Nice remote operated and gauge filled PC mod inspired by Knight Rider! More: Homemade Knight Rider K.I.T.T car… – Link.
Congrats to our friends at Popular Science for opening a giant can of update, the new site is great! – Link & DIY section. My only request is to put up a RSS feed for the DIY section.
This is a nice write-up on interfacing analog meters via USB. The project is fairly complicated, and you have to have good soldering skills to make it all work. Don’t forget, an Arduino can do this kind of thing, and it might be a little easier too! In a sort of retro mash-up, we’ll make […]
Rock stars Theo Watson and Zach Lieberman will be running a Tinker.it workshop on their platform openFrameworks: This is the first ever UK workshop on openFrameworks, a cross-platform C++ library for creative coding, and an opportunity to experiment with building new systems for interaction that move away from the screen and into physical space. This […]
