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Bob sent in these great Google calc tips for makers– One of the most useful tools I’ve found for Makers is Google’s built in calculator. It knows about all kinds of units and is as simple as typing in plain English. For example… Say I have an LED that I want to run from a […]
You don’t need to use iTunes to stream audio to an Aiport express. You can use the Win media player, WinAmp, Rhapsody, etc… “oAEP – Stands for ovesen.NET Airport Express Player. This small application records the music and sound played by your pc and streams it to an Airtunes enabled Airport Express. It has never […]
There are a small but growing number of PDFs appearing in iTunes, users can subscribe to podcasts to automatically receive audio and video – and recently – PDFs. At MAKE & CRAFT we have experimented with this from the start – we have also cataloged all the podcasts that send out PDFs we could find […]
yyztech.ca reviewed our Make: projects book “Building the Perfect PC” “As the tag-line on the cover says, “The perfect PC is the one you build yourself.” and so this book aims to show the reader how building your own PC is the best way to get the PC you want. Since there are different “perfect” […]
Fred sent in a great Flash (Macromedia/Adobe that is) to MIDI control project — “From 1734 when Louis-Bertrand Castel, a Jesuit monk, created the Clavecin Oculaire, a ‘color harpsichord,’ until today, artists have created instruments for performing color compositions. In the late 19th century, Alexander Rimington created the first ‘color organ’ for use in public […]
A MAKE reader writes – “This is one of the coolest things I’ve done with my cell phone in a while. YouMail is essentially a replacement voice mail for your cell phones. Among many features, it allows you to record unique voice greetings for anyone who calls you, based on their caller ID. You can […]
One of our favorite gadget sites (Red Ferret Journal) has a bit about a $100+ digital magnifier – pricey and something not a lot of us will buy, but you could use our past tip to make your portable digital magnifier with your cell phone camera…Link. I’ve heard about a few cameras for the elderly […]
