Hexus (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
SSDs are dropping in price, but they're still too expensive for most users. So, how about a DIY CompactFlash-based solution instead?
Law.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
With the economy down and the cost of lawyers high, more people are choosing to represent themselves in divorce cases. But legal amateurs who struggle with complicated paperwork are slowing down an already clogged system, some judges say. "It's kind of a nightmare sometimes," said Franklin County, Ohio, Domestic Relations Judge Dana Suzanne Preisse. "You would prefer to have at least one competent...
chez pim (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Now this is the kind of thirty-minute meal even foodies-like-us will love. Fresh ingredients, nothing pre-cut or pre-cooked, but still you can put it together in less than 30 minutes, ok, 45 with not-so-fast knife skills. The ingredients are not all that exotic either: if you can find fish sauce and lemongrass at your local market you're all set. As we're getting deeper into the summer season, I'm...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LexisNexis announced today that Lawyers.comsm, the leading online resource for consumers and small business professionals to find
Stuff On My Cat (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Market Wire - Media and Entertainment: Art (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS (MARKET WIRE) Today, Shapeways announces the launch of a private beta for their new co-creation service and community at www.Shapeways.com. For the first time budding artists, architects, product designers and dabbling consumers alike can easily order their 3D designs as physical objects in an inspiring and affordable way. Whether it's creating a new utensil, the ultimate...
Cooking 4 the Week (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the easiest do-it-yourself dairy projects is making creme fraiche. For those who aren't familiar with this luscious creamy product: creme fraiche (French for "fresh cream") is similar to what Americans think of as sour cream. It's thick, creamy and tangy. Unlike sour cream, it can be whipped (like whipped cream) and used as a very-dairy dessert topping. If you shop for creme fraiche (supermarkets...
Market Wire - Retail (Free subscription) | yesterday
IRVING, TX (MARKET WIRE) Michaels Stores, Inc., the world's largest specialty retailer of art supplies, kids & specialty crafts, framing and do-it-yourself home decor, today announced that Elaine D. Crowley has been named Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective August 18, 2008.
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Sarc had a tibook with a broken LCD, so he removed it and uses an external monitor. From the MacNN forum post : Since I operate the computer on "closed-lid" mode, I was having trouble keeping the LCD closed because it didn't allow the heat to dissipate, so the fans where running constantly ... I removed it. After it was gone, the computer would still think that it had an LCD attached. After a lot...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Levelhead by Julian Oliver is an "augmented-reality spatial-memory game" using semacode imprinted cubes as player interface - levelHead uses a hand-held solid-plastic cube as its only interface. On-screen it appears each face of the cube contains a little room, each of which are logically connected by doors. In one of these rooms is a character. By tilting the cube the player directs this character...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
I've been enjoying Joel Johnson's fawning fanboy coverage of Syd Mead on Boing Boing Gadgets. Hey, I'd fawn, too. I'm a huge fan of Mead's and even thought about becoming a conceptual or industrial designer on his inspiration. In this episode of BBtv, Joel talks with Mead about the awesome one-of-a-kind Spinner police vehicle from Bladerunner that the folks at LEGO did as a present to Syd. Blade Runner...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Seed Magazine posted an interesting photo series documenting scientific laboratories after dark. Describing the top photo above - Much of the fundamental knowledge that underpins our search for extraterrestrial life and supports our understanding of our solar system's history and evolution emerges from this small room in Theodor Kostiuk's laboratory. On the rightmost table, infrared light from a powerful...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Delft University of Technology has shrunk their robotic ornithopter design down to a very impressive 10cm - that's almost 1/3 the size of their previous design . Specs for the Delfly Micro - Size: 10 cm, from wingtip to wingtip Weight: 3.07 gram; Battery: 1 gram Camera and transmitter: 0.4 gram; Engine: 0.45 gram; Receiver: 0.2 gram; Actuators: 0.5 gram; Rest: about 0.52 grams. Battery: 30 mah...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here's an Instructable and video on Furoshiki, the Japanese art of cloth-folding to make various bags, carry-alls, and sacks. Paper, Plastic, or Furoshiki? Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Toolbox | Digg this!
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nice review of The Maker's Notebook on Duffbert's Random Musings: Ok... this might be the most unusual book review I've ever done. I'm about to review a book consisting of... blank pages. Ah, but what blank pages they are! :) It's the Maker's Notebook by O'Reilly Publishing and the staff at MAKE magazine. I was given this as a gift from a friend, and I don't think she could have given me something...
