Lost turtle locator
Myrtlebaggins uses this DIY turtle locator, a mobile phone – on Hannah the pet Tortoise to locate her on the nights when it gets cold… – Link.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
Glitch Art
Glitch Art is abstract art inspired by computer crashes and digital data by British artist Ant Scott – there are some interesting images on the site that compare glitches to electron scans, great stuff… [via] – Link.
HOW TO – Triple Boot (XP, Vista, Ubuntu) with single boot screen
Hevnikov writes – “Since Ubuntu 6.10 was released less than a month ago, Windows Vista went RTM and dates for new Ubuntu 7.4 were announced today, I thought I’ll post a tutorial on how to create a single boot screen triple boot system with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Ubuntu Edgy Eft. A triple boot […]
HOW TO – Create Quicktime VR Panoramas (using free software)
Kabukistar writes – “This instructable will show you how to make those nifty 3D virtual-reality “tours,” that you see on some web-pages, in Windows, using entirely free software. If you’re not quite sure what I’m talking about, this is a VR panorama from WWU’s campus, which I’ll be making for an example in this instructable…” […]
Homemade Laptop Wi-Fi amplifier (review)
Red Scorpion writes – “I have always been frustrated with the performance of my laptop Wi-Fi. I tried many solutions to improve the signal from far away routers, but few of these worked. I’ll cover a solution that I came up with that finally did yield some results for me.” [via] – Link. Related: MAKE: […]
Google Earth – 1790
Garrett spotted this really neat way to view the past without getting a Delorean, Google Earth now allows you to travel back in time – almost. There is an incredible set of old maps that can be turned on an explored, maps include: World globe 1790, North America 1733, US 1833, Lewis and Clark 1814, […]
HOW TO – Build a Mac media center – iTV
Tired of waiting around for Apple’s iTV? You can build your own now… – “Apple’s forthcoming iTV promises to place all your digital media on your TV. But what if you don’t want to wait months before enjoying your iTunes music and video or iPhoto pictures in your living room? And is iTV really worth […]
