Archive for July, 2007
SHUTDOWN SHORTCUT
This is my first instructable. I am going to show you how to create shortucts to shutdown your computer. You can additionally produce shortcuts to restart, log off, hibernate, and lock your computer.
LETS START
Okay First we need to produce a new shortcut.
1. Right go on desktop.
2. Scroll to…
Custom iPod Boom Boom Box
Yeah, I know there are TONS of items out there that let you plug in your iPod on the road. However, anything that is any good will cost AT LEAST $100 (probably much more). Instead, re-purpose an existing product save lots of money, have fun making it and stop global warming 
A while back the …
Custom-built Computer Monitor
Ever wonder what you were going to do with that old, dusty, yet working monitor you have in that dark corner of your house? Well in that Instructable, I will show you how to turn that disease stricken monitor into a cool, hip, monitor ready to be put into action.
Dismantling the Exterior of the Mo…
Make a Server Out Of An Old PC
Using an old Dell XPS, abandoned in my step-mom’s office, I made a local server to host files for public worldwide access.
All you need is an old PC, high-speed Web, a router or switch for multiple computers, and PATIENCE.
Images WILL BE UPDATED LATER!!!
Get the computer!
First of all, you…
B…
NES Controller iPod Remote
By embedding a PIC microcontroller into an NES controller, it can be converted into a replacement for Apple’s iPod remote.
(Only 3rd and 4th Generation iPods have that, it is a the small oval port next to the headphone jack).
Parts
Microcontroller- dsPIC30F2011 These can be sampled from …
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How to manufacture a custom game controller
I’ve made a dancemat once before for the PC - to be used with Stepmania. that date around though I wanted to form a controller for Frets on Fire or Freetar (Guitar Hero simulator) and thought of sharing how it all actually works and how you compose the actual controller. The electronics that is.
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How to form a PS2 Guitar Hero controller out of scratch
So that is my second instructable, thanx for clicking on it! It is not fully true what the title claims, you do need some materials of course (in fact a lot), I just wanted to emphasize that I had no guitar or anything at the beginning, so it’s not a "how to build a big guitar from a small orig…
