Archive for the ‘Toys’ Category
Turn a 20$ DVD player into a portable NTSC display
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
This sweet hack turns a cheap portable DVD player into a portable NTSC monitor. I can think of a few interesting applications: car night-vision and parking/back-up cameras, portable consoles, monitor for DIY film making, monitor for a hidden or remote (think on a kite) camera, etc. Nice, cheap and totally versatile.
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Happy Birthday, Lego
Monday, January 28th, 2008
I just realized, as I stumbled on Google’s home page, that today is the 50th anniversary of the atoms of my childhood: the expensive yet totally-worth-it little plastic bricks with teethmarks on them.
Of course, they’re not shaped like bricks anymore: they have all sorts of specialized parts that cater to Ritalin snorting kids whose imagination can’t fuel rockets that look like K Cars. Unlike my generation.
Anyways, Happy Birthday LEGO.
