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Comment DIY was king... (Score 2, Informative) 348

by AcidTag on Thursday May 20, 2010 @01:21PM (#32281852) Attached to: <em>The Secret of Monkey Island</em> Shows Evolution of PC Audio

When the game-blaster was $500 or so we made our own thank you. :)
I used to get reels of matching resistors and make soundcards for everyone I knew with a PC.
Originally released by Covox, it was simple to make your own, and way cheaper than everything on the market.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covox_Speech_Thing

Comment A classic trainer (Score 2, Informative) 301

by AcidTag on Monday April 12, 2010 @05:53PM (#31823202) Attached to: Where To Start In DIY Electronics?

Formerly sold at Radius Shack as an OEM product. I learned on Radio Shack's earlier version the 100-1 Electronic Project Kit when I was 10.

Elenco 200-in-1 Electronic Project Lab, you can find it on amazon.

Submission + - Source Code reveals that Climate Data Fraud 4

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @09:19AM

An anonymous reader writes: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/25/climategate-hide-the-decline-codified/

To say that the CRU code might be “buggy” would bewell I’ll just let CRU’s programmer tell you in his own words.

Submission + - 6 Year Old Boy Aloft In Experimental Balloon

Submitted by The_THOMAS on Thursday October 15, 2009 @03:38PM

The_THOMAS writes: According to CNN a 6 year old boy climbed into an experimental balloon and went aloft in CO. He is currently 7000 feet up and moving approximately 30 mph. Please keep an eye out for him.

Submission + - Comedy Central Website Blocked in Canada (digg.com)

Submitted by steve-o-yeah on Monday October 29, 2007 @08:58PM

steve-o-yeah writes: Recently, users with Canadian IP addresses have been blocked from accessing comedycentral.com, being redirected to the Canadian equivalent TV network, thecomedynetwork.com. This would appear to be a draconian application of Canadian Content laws. Shouldn't I have a choice if I want to view the American version or not?

Submission + - 10 years of Winamp (winamp.com)

Submitted by

Will Fisher

on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @10:37AM

Will Fisher writes: "On 10/10 at 10:10 the 10th anniversary edition of Winamp (version 5.5) was launched. Winamp has been a central part of the mp3 revolution, and is now staging a resurgence. Key features of this new release are a completely new interface (but you can still use all your old winamp skins), album artwork and remote access of your media. Wired has a good write-up of the release."

Submission + - Apple Cuts Linux iPod Users Off (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

Will Fisher

on Friday September 14, 2007 @01:50PM

Will Fisher writes: "New iPods will no longer be able to work with Linux. iTunes now writes some kind of hash (SHA1, md5?) to the iPod database which new iPods check against. If this check fails then the iPod reports that it contains 0 songs. This appears to be protection against 3rd party applications writing out their own databases. We haven't found out how to generate our own valid hashes (but we do know the hash includes the database itself, and possibly the iPod serial number), and are looking for help."

Submission + - Live coverage of Palm Foleo

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @01:51PM

An anonymous reader writes: Allthingsd.com is liveblogging Palm's Foleo announcement. From the post: The Foleo also acts independently as a computer, with a Linux-based operating system for creating new applications. In partnership with DataViz and Opera Software, Palm hopes to show how easily new technology and applications can be added to the Foleo. It has Web search and browsing capabilities via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, along with editing capabilities for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus a PDF viewer. The device has an "instant-on" feature, meaning users push a button and the Foleo is ready, without a boot-up period. It weighs 2.5 pounds.

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