gdShutdown – Use Google calendar to shut down your PC
This is sort of interesting, and useful for something (maybe) – it’s an app that uses Google Calendar and Google Desktop to turn off your PC remotely/scheduled – [via] – Link.
Computers & Mobile
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HOW TO – Design, build, and configure a (low-cost!) backup/server monster
Sam writes – “I recently built a Linux-based backup server and I documented the process. We built a full-fledged server, installed Fedora Core 4 (not 5! waaaay to bleeding-edge), setup the server to serve the 4 backup hard drives (broken-up into 2 RAIDO arrays) through FTP (the protocol our software uses), and as a bonus […]
A silent water cooled PC made with parts from Home Depot
Jake writes – “When the GPU fan on my PC’s video card started to rattle I decided to make the quietest PC I could manage. The CPU and power supply are cooled by the thermosiphoning of water and the convective flow of air alone, no fan, no pump. And most of the parts came from […]
HOW TO – Solar-powered Wi-Fi extender
Mike Outmesguine’s Solar-powered Wi-Fi extender in the latest issue of Popular Science – “The promise of Wi-Fi is freedom–the ability to bring your laptop or PDA away from the anchor that is your desk and into your life. With most wireless routers, however, your life had better stop at around 300 feet, and forget about […]
HOW TO – Slingplayer on OSX
James shows you how to watch TV on a Macbook & a Slingbox – “I decided to make a project out of getting Slingbox setup today. Not knowing for sure if it would work on OSX, I got everything setup using only OSX and Parallels VM running Windows XP. This took about 2 hours to […]
The Silicon Graphics refrigerator project
Silicon Graphics filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection today – so now might be a good time to check out this old favorite – How To Turn a $175,000 High-End SGI Challenge DM Server into a Fridge [via] – Link.
SketchUp drawings of midibox-based MIDI controller designs
Ryan writes “I’ve noticed a lot of attention about SketchUp happening lately, so I figured I’d send in some of my stuff. It’s basically all conceptual, but it gets the point across. SketchUp is the only 3d modeling program I use besides NURBS-based programs, and only because it’s so easy to use. I’d definitely recommend […]