August 2008

If you’re not familiar with the Mythbusters, they’re the talented team of people who combine science, robotics, engineering, ballistics gel, explosives, and many other ingredients, to test urban legends and popular myths. This program is one of my favorites. It’s great geek fare, and if you don’t get it, you should find it on DVD.

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This is awesome! Twenty-year old Australian Kyle Downes built this retro-style Nintendo controller from scratch. He scanned his old controller, enlarged the image, printed it out on big paper, took measurements, made calculations, built it, wired it, and VOILA! It’s actually playable!
He describes how he did it on his blog (ultra-awesome.blogspot.com), so you can make [...]

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You might have seen my comments and complaints on Twitter a while back, when I was searching for a good ergonomic keyboard to use with my MacBook. I have fast fingers and tender wrists, and when I need to do lots of serious typing, I need a good keyboard. I love my MacBook, [...]

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