There is a great set of pages from The World of Science, published by Golden Books in 1954 over on Modern Mechanix. Th is fellow is soldering up a giant computer. In the sound studio a singer is performing a popular number. The microphone suspended from overhead wires picks up the sound. If a whole […]
I-Wei points us to this insanely cool, steam-punk walker that’s full of character and miyazaki-style charm! Japanese – Link Babelfish Translation- Link Video – Link Bonus: Check out even more insanely cool video of an underwater steam powered submarine! – Link
Continuing with Commodore 64 theme this week, Toni is hooking up Guitar Hero to a Commodore 64 – This is the (future) home of my Shredz64 project – an attempt to built an interface to connect the Playstation Guitar Hero controller to the Commodore 64 computer, and then build a guitar-hero like game on the […]
Crab Fu sent in one of the best steam powered sites yet, he also detailed why – #1 he’s got quite an amazing collection, make sure to look through all of the eye candy on his site, as well as a virtual walk-though display of his collection. The detailed info and history talks about every […]
Mike sent in this awesome Wanky the safety cat project – When I got my first beater car as a proto-hoon of 16, my dad had some excellent advice, straight from the Midwestern heartland where he learned about wrenching: “Son,” he said, squinting at my barely-running Corona, popping the top on his can of Old […]
Till has perhaps the most comprehensive documentation for connecting a Commodore disk drive to a modern PC – source & schematics are all there…. The xu1541 is the modern way to connect cbm iec bus devices to todays USB equipped PCs and it is meant to replace the printer port solutions based on the so-called […]
From Pearson’s Magazine -January 1901, notes by Ralph Grasso and Joseph Svinth – Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions (PartI): It must be understood that the new art of self-defence with a walking-stick, herewith introduced for the first time, differs essentially […]
