Comments on: Hack-A-Day Extra http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bradysarlo http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16250 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:17:15 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16250 @BillytheImpaler,
Thanks, the 3.5mm stereo plug was already a perfect fit, as for the iPod USB cable, I wrapped electrical tape around it to make it thicker (wrapped tight to press the release buttons aswell so the ipod can just be pulled from the dock).
It fits like a glove, the slot in lego is 5 across and 1 thick, couldnt be happier, I was thinking of buying a dock, but not anymore :P
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@emmanuel Caballero
I’m also curious, it seems pretty pointless to me…
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]]> By: emmanuel Caballero http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16249 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 05:11:28 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16249 I liked the article about the conversion of an optical mouse’s led to IR. Have anyone else tried it? Does it really improve the mouse’s accuracy? Just curious… maybe I’ll try it later.

]]> By: Daedalus http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16248 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:03:42 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16248 about Bootloaders there is a great site.

http://www.osdever.net

]]> By: IMWeasel http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16247 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 04:04:01 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16247 Has anyone here tried the computer generated hologram program? It didn’t work for me. What I mean is that the software generated an image that looks “right” but I couldn’t get any holographic effect out of it.

Also, part of the page explains how to make a diffraction grating to test the printer resolution, but when I generate a diffraction grating the part at the bottom that lets you save the image dissapears from the window when it finishes the computation…

]]> By: BillytheImpaler http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16246 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:23:49 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16246 That’s pretty cool, Brady. How did you get the connectors to stay in the dock? How well does the nano fit in the opening?

]]> By: Bradysarlo http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16245 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:36:21 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16245 I made an iPod Nano dock out of lego, But its slightly different.
http://www.nokia-mods.co.uk/Bradys%20Lego%20iPod%20Nano%20Dock.JPG
Let me know if you like it :D

]]> By: tiuk http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16244 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:23:53 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16244 Just wanted to say thanks for the extra, love these things.

]]> By: steve http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16243 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:41:04 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16243 mr dan: i suggest checking ebay. many parts suppliers have stores and auctions for parts at reasonable prices (based both in the us and the uk. most ship worldwide).

billy: ive done similar alterations to many of much of my wifi gear to allow external antennae. in the case of the aironet, its pretty simple-all you basically need to do is cut the ciruit trace to the
antenna on the pcb, and the solder LMR cabling to the traces. With a
decent solder job and copious amounts of hot glue, its a pretty quick
conversion. if you havent already seen the following, for aironet
specific information check out

http://www.felesmagus.com/newton/2100fast.html
http://www.mrx.com.au/wireless/AironetModifications.htm
http://www.smithstuff.net/Cantenna/Cantenna.htm

for more general information:
searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/searchEnterpriseLinux/downloads/sample.pdf

]]> By: Mr Dan http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16242 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:13:56 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16242 Does anybody know of a UK supplier for SMA connectors for WiFi antenna ?

]]> By: Scottiedog http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16258 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:52:58 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16258 Just translated the floppy stepper motor article in Google translater, pretty cool idea, might give it a go. Translation has a few bugs though, need to find “two old persons 5 1/4″ floppys” haha :)

]]> By: jwstolk http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16257 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:06:58 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16257 i have used the fish for years, but there are more:
http://www.google.com/translate_t

]]> By: Jared http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16256 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:49:57 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16256 If you want to translate a page, try using: http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr – you’ll get a rough idea of what is being said. Not too pretty, but it works.

]]> By: thoughtfix http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16255 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:07:58 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16255 Hey – thanks for linking me! I linked back and credited the hack I used from this site.

I have an open invitation for requests for hacks… if users want me to figure something out, I’ll research it and come back with my results.

]]> By: danadamkof http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16254 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:36:18 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16254 woot, JAMMA-related hack!

]]> By: grayskies http://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16253 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:00:57 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/#comment-16253 I really liked that antenna mod. I’m with billy. Where’s the translation? the hack a day flash drive is nice, too bad its hack-dotted.

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