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» Re-using an LCD screen JeeLabs

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:34:44 +0000

It turns out that there are several ways to get such a thing going again (thank you, Google). I ended up buying a DPMI/VGA interface board on eBay, complete with high-voltage supply and cables. It worked right out of the box:

Tags: #diy #hack #imported:pinboard #lcd #monitors #projects

» Re-using an LCD screen JeeLabs

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:34:44 +0000

Tags: #diy #hack #lcd #monitors #projects

Bumble-B: Mini USB Development Kit | fletchtronics.net

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:53:03 +0000

"So you want to build USB enabled devices. Bumble-B is here to help! It is a breakout board for Atmel's at90usb162 microcontroller, along with supporting hardware and USB connector. It is DIP-24/600mil shape, and works very well on a breadboard."

Tags: #amtel #bumbleb #bus #diy #electronics #gadgets #hack #make #usb

BootXChanger

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:12:29 +0000

"BootXChanger will allow you to change the boot image (the gray Apple) on Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5"

Tags: #apple #hack #mac #osx #software #utilities

Dice-O-Matic hopper and elevator - GamesByEmail

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:41:39 +0000

"Introducing the Dice-O-Matic mark II, now generating the dice rolls on GamesByEmail.com. It is a 7 foot tall, 104 pound, dice-eating monster, capable of generating 1.3 million rolls a day.The Dice-O-Matic is 7 feet tall, 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep. It has an aluminum frame covered with Plexiglas panels. A 6x4 inch square Plexiglas tube runs vertically up the middle almost the entire height. Inside this tube a bucket elevator carries dice from a hopper at the bottom, past a camera, and tosses them onto a ramp at the top. The ramp spirals down between the tube and the outer walls. The camera and synchronizing disk are near the top, the computer, relay board, elevator motor and power supplies are at the bottom. "

Tags: #awesome #dice #diceomatic #gaming #hack #hardware #random #randomnumbers #rubegoldberg

next.yahoo » Blog Archive » From widget-maker to hackmeister

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:21:34 +0000

"I’ve done a bunch of stuff since coming to Yahoo!, but my current project is running this thing called Hack."

Tags: #arlorose #hack #yahoo

» Leopard Dock with black triangle » Silver Mac

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:56:35 +0000

"quite a few users would love to see the return of the black triangle indicator to the Dock."

Tags: #dock #gui #hack #leopard #osx

Elatable | Bradley Horowitz » Blog Archive » Marc Andreessen on Employee Retention…

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:30:35 +0000

"We’re like the roadies, building the stage, working the soundboards, the spotlights, etc. We also provide a “house band” of super talented session musicians. But it’s the Yahoos (i.e. everyone else) who gets to climb up on stage and shine. "

Tags: #brickhouse #hack #innovation

Mike Zornek: MegaManEffect

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:16:15 +0000

"When you launch an OS X application, the screen goes dark, stars sweep the night sky and your application’s icon is presented in a blue letter box bar with a cheesy 8-bit music introduction."

Tags: #apple #cocoa #gaming #hack #mac #nes #osx

Base64 Encoded Images for Internet Explorer

Sat, 02 Jul 2005 14:34:20 +0000

"Internet Explorer does not support Base64 encoding of images so we will take advantage of PHP’s built-in base64_decode function. We will simply pass the Base64 data back to a PHP module which will then decode the data and return the appropriate image."

Tags: #css #hack #javascript #msie #webdev