The big announcement over the weekend was that Office 12 will support PDF export from all the Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc..). Mac users have had this system wide for the most part for awhile, but if you’re on a PC you can also do this now, for free (as opposed to the pay versions of PDF exporting). CutePDF is a great, PDF online does it online…and Adobe can convert text or HTML too. Link.
Zack writes “This Amp was mentioned earlier on BoingBoing and it seems that a number of audio enthusiasts have dedicated time to dissecting it and putting together improved version. It is quickly becoming the “six million dollar man” of Audiophiles for its superior audio output, extraordinarily low cost and small form factor”. Link.
A couple cool hacks here – X10RfConfiguration – essentially converts the fairly unreliable powerline X10 to a more reliable (under many circumstances) RF X10 at virtually no cost and homebrew X10 signal analyzer – rather than measure signal strength, this homebrew signal analyzer (built with a lego mindstorms RCX) actually counts the transmissions that arrive at the destination X10 sensor, for comparison to the source sensor. Missing transmissions indicate reliability problems. Link.
Rob H. writes “How to make an $800 pseudoscope for less than $10. My first post on this subject involved prisms, this time the scope is made with mirrors. I’ve never seen the MX-3 in person but I recommend buying one just because they look so cool, but if you can’t afford to spend that much this post will show how to make a pseudoscope for less than $10, and also how to construct better versions for a little more”. Link.
We’re starting to build our little MAKE:land area in Second Life, stop on by secondlife://Crescent/13/99, see a virtual edition of MAKE, ride a dune buggy, see some MAKE movies and a few other surprises. Mac or PC, get the free client here – I’m Torrone Trumbo. IM me, and we’ll add you to the Maker group too.
Check out the latest video from PSP Hacking – PSP Hacking 101 Episode 5 – The Downgrader Strikes Back. And also check out the previous episode -Converting a DVD to view on your PSP, getting your PSP Online through an internet connection via a cell phone. Link.
Xbox modification has come a long way in the past couple years. With the introduction of the TSOP mod, potential modders no longer had to shell out money for a modchip; rather just bridge two points on the Xbox motherboard. Now one doesn’t even have to open up his Xbox. Welcome to the world of soft modding. Using code exploits in certain games, a user is able to load a phony gamesave that will boot into a Linux based operating system and allow a user to mod his Xbox… in under ten minutes. Link.
