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TGIF – Oldschool LCD Games Galore

Alex K — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:56:43 +0000

For your Friday distraction, the guys from Hipotam threw a whole collection of classic handheld LCD Games on-line. From Donkey Kong to The Terminator. Have fun! http://www.pica-pic.com Possibly Related: Rory's Story CubesRory's Story Cubes is a pocket-sized creative story generator, providing hours of imaginative play for all ages. There are infinite ways to play wi... [...]

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TGIF – Friday Distraction – Organ Trail

Alex K — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:33:35 +0000

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Organ Trail was an edutainment game developed in 1971. Schools across America used this game as a teaching tool to prepare children for the impending zombie apocolypse and dysentery. Re-live your childhood with this faithfully emulated version of Organ Trail for the Apple-II here: http://hatsproductions.com/organtrail.html The people from The Men Who Wear Many Hats launched a kickstarter project [...]

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Can-Tastic! – Old School Communication for your Smartphone

Alex K — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:17:04 +0000

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A tin can phone that plugs into your computer, cellphone or tablet- and works! Yes, you can actually talk to people with it- we keep calling our friends. This is a project found on KickStarter that has an interesting view on mobile communication. they are still quite a bit away from raising the required funds, [...]

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Lotus Notes 6/7 Hack 1 – Use Notes to Run System Commands

Alex K — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:00:42 +0000

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Aside of being a (pretty bad) mail client, Lous Notes is quite a powerful non-relational database platform. You can see some examples in the other posts in the Lotus Notes category. Here is a hack that shows a bit of hidden power in the ln 6/7 client. You can use the (quite bad) internal web-browser [...]

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TGIF – Friday Music – Kraftwerk Kover Kollection from DJ Food

Alex K — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:00:34 +0000

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Some tunes to listen to for free, in total (there are 6 volumes) 6 hours of Kraftwerk remixes that will help you get through the Friday and start the weekend in a good mood. If you’re into Kraftwerk, on the site of Nerdcore, there are some great instructions on how to play the songs on [...]

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New Series of Pinhole Photos Ready

Alex K — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:45:34 +0000

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Finally! I managed to pick up the last film that I made with the Pinhole camera after the last modifications I made to it. As you can read on the Pinhole Photography Experiments page, I made a few modifications to it. The main one being a new and smaller pinhole (now approx Ø 0.3mm). The results are [...]

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Inside look at the new SimCity Game

Alex K — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:52:50 +0000

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EA Games posted a set of videos on YouTube with an interesting look at the new GlassBox Game Engine, the software that will make the new SimCity run. This new game engine will allow the players to run the simulation from the city to the actual inhabitants level. Another new feature is that you will be able [...]

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DIY Project – Animated GIF Player

Alex K — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:00:49 +0000

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Here’s an interesting DIY Project for the weekend! From the hands of Crap is Good I found a well documented project for a real-world animated GIF player. It contains a bit of electronics, but nothing too scary. Have fun! I’ll be having a look if I can achieve a similar device with LEGO Mindstorms. Possibly [...]

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Google Science Fair 2012 Teams Up With Mindstorms

Alex K — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:02:36 +0000

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This year, Google’s science fair teams up with LEGO Mindstorms. The Google Science fair, although limited to the younger among us, always generates a great list of good and innovative ideas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBEtUJmp05w This year, sponsored by LEGO Mindstorms, we will hopefully see some more applications of Mindstorms in the field of science. Sign up is [...]

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Vladimir’s Money Making Machine

Alex K — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:26:25 +0000

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This is definitively the project I’d like to see the instructions for in Makezine! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZzcEVeP_pc I mean… Need I add more? Possibly Related: Technorati Tags: DIY, Make

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