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Build a MIDI clock to sync to a Gameboy on the cheap

[…] tutorial shows each step necessary to build a MIDI clock to sync to Little Sound DJ or NanoLoop on a Nintendo Gameboy in order to output beats to the midi instrument of your choice. It lets you synchronize up to six copies of LSDJ or NanoLoop simultaneously to a MIDI clock. Check out this relatively cheap build at the link below. How to Build a MIDI Clock to Game Boy Sync Thing for Around AU$15 Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: clock check game boy lsdj midi clock midi instrument nanoloop nintendo gameboy sound dj sync

How-to Tuesday: 1934 USB web cam

[…] 1: Purchase the cameras First you need the cameras. Scour the Internet, check local antique shops, or ask your friends. These types of cameras, both the antique camera and web cam, are readily available and they are very affordable. Step 2: Remove the lens Start by opening up the antique folding camera. There is usually a switch somewhere that slides over so you can load the film. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: antique camera antique cameras antique shops antiques ebay fume extractor glue gun gun arms hand tools heat shrink tubing internet check needle nose pliers promises screw driver slides soldering iron step 1 web cam web camera

Airpopper coffee roaster video

[…] some luck you can pick one up for a few bucks at a yard sale, or get one on Ebay for around $30. The Poppery II is 1000W and has its air holes in the sides of the cylinder, not the bottom, which improves circulation. This method is called "fluid bed air roasting". Since the beans are all flying around in a vortex being heated from all sides they roast much more evenly than the stirred pot method I use. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: air holes circles circulation coffee roaster ebay how to roast coffee pot sklar tremayne vortex wendy west bend poppery west bend poppery ii yard sale

Jumping the gun, pulling a fresh shot of espresso

[…] days to try the new batch of coffee I roasted yesterday. These are some photos of me making a shot of espresso. It was a bit overroasted, yet grassy at the same time! This points to my temperature being a bit high and my guess is the grassy taste will mellow out in a few days. It's still quite good, and very satisfying to have made from scratch. If only I could grow a few coffee trees in our back yard... Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: back yard coffee trees espresso few days guess jumping the gun photos scratch

DIY: Contemporary luminaries out of tap lights

This is a nice way to spruce up those cheap looking tap lights. You should be able to make these lights in about 10 minutes for around $10. Not too bad for a custom light. More about DIY: Contemporary luminaries out of tap lights Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: luminaries tap

AVGA - AVR video games, Mario and Pac-Man clones...

The AVGA project is an open source (It's GPL, but it says "don't make money with it") AVR based color video game development platform for a single chip game console via HackedGadgets. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: avga clones development platform mario money open source pac man video game development video games

Make your how cypher slide rule

On today's episode of Bre Petis' I Make Things, my pal Nick Farr of HacDC demonstrates the Polyalphabetic Substitution Cypher Slide Rule (PASCSR) he made and uploaded to Thingiverse. Thingiverse launches today, too. It's a site, created by Bre and Zach Hoeken, where you can share your digital designs/object files with the world. Cool. I Make Things Thingiverse Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: nick farr petis polyalphabetic substitution slide rule

Backyard coffee roasting

[…] have some fairly fizzy crema to contend with. It makes pretty good economical sense if you exclude the cost of your own labor (this qualifies for a hobby "exemption" in my mind!). I compare $4.80/lb. green beans favorably against $15/lb. roasted beans. It's also an eminently hackable pursuit. Popular non-commercial methods include converted air-poppers, the heatgun/dogbowl combo, and grill rotisseries. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: airtight container chaff co2 levels colander degassing economical sense espresso blend french press gas grill green beans green coffee beans heatgun high temperature thermometer popcorn popper purists roasting beans roasting coffee thermocouple vacuum pot

Game of Life kit is suitable for framing...

[…] via Ladyada. I've been fascinated by Life since I first read of it in Scientific American, many years ago (October 1970!). The Maker Shed store had a couple of sales so I bought a total of 6 Game of Life boards. I assembled them as a 2x3 panel and used cables to join the edges. I mounted them in a simple frame. I'm moving back to New Zealand soon, this will be my last project in the Bay Area! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: cables game of life ladyada life kit new zealand october 1970 scientific american shed

Sensor Interfaces - A Primer @ MAKE

[…] from MAKE here too. Solar Power System Design - A Primer @ MAKE Solering and Desoldering - A Primer @ MAKE HOW TO - Make printed circuit boards - A Primer @ MAKE Welding - A Primer @ MAKE Microcontroller Programming - A Primer @ MAKE Sensor interfaces - A Primer @ MAKE MIDI control - A Primer @ MAKE Moldmaking by MythBuster Adam Savage - A Primer @ MAKE Working with carbon fiber - A Primer @ MAKE Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! read

Found on: MAKE Magazine | Also categorized for these topics: circuits cmake midi control power system design primers savage sensor interfaces solar power system tom igoe working with carbon fiber

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2008-11-19