This is amazing; it’s an article from Programmable Logic DesignLine that describes how you can repair an old gaming system by using programmable logic (in the form of a Xilinx CPLD) to emulate a hard-to-replacean obsolete (actually 35 cents each as Kyoorius points out in the comments, but assumed obsolete “for the sake of this […]
Raphael Abrams just posted a peek inside his portable hacking lab to the NYC Resistor blog : I like to hack on the go. So I made a charming little mini lab out of a cigar box and some electronic parts. It’s got a breadboard, a built-in Arduino, a couple of places to put loose […]
I tried getting Windows XP running on my 20GB EEE PC 900, but out of the box, it’s pretty sluggish. The problem may be that Windows XP is not being optimized for solid state drives (SSDs). Posting on the OCZ (maker of SATA SSD drives) forums, Tony has written up a HOWTO on making Windows […]
Pinball hacker extraordinaire Bill Bumgarner has had great success with the Cobb compact Grill: four cheeseburgers, five potatoes, two heads of garlic. All with just seven pieces of charcoal: Altogether a delicious meal. And I have to admit a bit of amazement at the Cobb. I was expected a grill that made significant sacrifices in […]
The 2008 Interactive Fiction competition is up and running, and you can download the games and vote: For the last fourteen years, the readers of the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction have held a yearly interactive fiction competition. For fans of the old Infocom games as well as for newcomers to the genre, the competition is a […]
The 2008 Interactive Fiction competition is up and running, and you can download the games and vote: For the last fourteen years, the readers of the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction have held a yearly interactive fiction competition. For fans of the old Infocom games as well as for newcomers to the genre, the competition is a […]
Today is the last day of the 10% off everything sale at the Maker Shed store, order something now and save some cash – if your order is over $25 you also get a free Maker’s notebook. Halloween is coming up soon, here are a few scary/related items to pick up while the sale is […]
