the enigma machine was invented in 1918 by arthur scherbius in berlin, it was, at the time a great way to encode messages, well, until it got beat. but now you can make one out of paper.
is there anything pdfs can’t do?
this machine is compatible with the original 3-rotor german enigma used during world war ii. for simplicity it omits the “ring settings” and plug board, but the primary workings of the machine are captured in this model. great as an educational tool, or just for fun!
man, i am disappointed that i didn’t think of this when i had the n-gage, most likely because i didn’t like the device and tossed it, but now this mod kit ($15) allows you to leave the n-gage on and swap out games really quickly. nicely done guys.
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wow, this is pretty interesting. someone has figured out how to get all the fonts and graphics off the ipod’s firmware. while that’s a pretty amazing feat, i suspect the next thing will be to change the firmware with new graphics, i’ll see what i can figure out!
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in the effort of getting all the tivo hacks up here, this is one sent in (thanks everyone) is a cook book on upgrading a stock sa2, adding more hard disk space, second drives, or getting command line access and tivoweb running on it. it’s not for the advanced hardcore folks, but a good start. if you have other ones, send them in or post’em up!
i really dig the idea of making ipod cases out of weird things. tires, socks and well, milk jugs. here’s a great how-to, along with pdf template on making an ipod case out of a milk jug.
take the idea of wi-fi and make mo-better, here’s a great how-to on making an access point that will any where with a cell signal all with an old ibook running linux, and a gprs based smartphone. it’s not a speedy connection, but that’s not the point. nicely done.
