Igor Skochinsky has been doing some great reverse engineering on the Kindle ebook reader from Amazon. If you’re not familiar with the device, the Kindle is a paperback-sized Linux-based ebook reader. It has a unique virtual ink display that lends itself to reading text, and it’s bundled with a free... Read more »
Aparently there’s a U.S. Special Information Tone signal for a dead phone line, and robot callers (telemarketers, debt collectors, etc.) listen for it, then remove the “dead lines” from their lists. Record it at the beginning of your answering machine messages to make (some) robots stop calling you! [via] Link.... Read more »
Michail writes – I am happy to announce the release of our set of Free Electronics Stock photos. This is a collection of 286 usual electronics items that you may already being familiar with, but haven’t the time to take photos of them. You can use them on your blog,... Read more »
I wonder what kind of software this plush PC has to offer? Heh heh heh. This cool computer softie was created by Sappy Moose Tree‘s Mandy Jouan and posted in the CRAFT Flickr pool. Link. Read more »
Kyle writes in – Pure Digital, known for its disposable digital still and video cameras, has recently produced a non-disposable version. Here are high resolution shots of the innards, down to the naked CCD. Pure Digital camera dissection – flip video F130W – Link. Read more »
Phil @ MAKE lets us know about this art class in the UK that sculpted heads of Lionel Richie to his 1984 song “Hello.” Some of them are quite interesting, and the video is hilarious. – [via] Link. Read more »
One of the more interesting variations on the steampunk theme has been Steam Wars, a vision of the Star Wars universe through a Victorian lens. In this vein, there’s now a Steam-Wars LEGO contest, announced on the LEGO Star Wars forum FBTBForums. The contest runs through January and the first... Read more »
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