I didn’t see any on my last visit to Costco, but I don’t doubt that they have them. I think it would be a much better deal if they sold a MAME cabinet kit. Now that, gentle readers, would be the best Christmas gift of them all. 🙂
Author: John
String Tripod
I love simple gadgets that for photography. With a simple a string and a wing nut that fits a tripod thread you can have yourself a quick way to stabilize your camera. By holding the string down with your foot and pulling up on the camera you create a ‘dynamic tension’ that dampens out small movements that can mess up your shots. Give it a try, I’m sure you will like the results
Cable ID
OK, give me about 50 of these, I need to sort the rats nest of wires out that lives behind my computer desk. I like these because you can write on them and you can take them on and off if you need to, unlike the tape or zip tie kinds.
The Xtal Set Society
After seeing this link to a clever crystal radio made out of a CD spindle over at Hack-a-day, I looked through some of my old bookmarks to find a few more ‘free radio’ links. The Xtal Set Society is like your one stop shop for parts and kits if your interested in learning about how to build crystal radios. If you didn’t know, a crystal radio is a radio that does not require any power source other than the AM broadcast signal itself to operate. Anyone that likes to tinker should build at least one of these, what’s cooler than something that works for free? Another great site for information is Crystal Radio Resources. I bet you didn’t know you could build a crystal set to receive shortwave radio did ya? Who knows, you might want to cheat a little and build a simple amp for your crystal set just to make it easier to hear over the noise of your computer.
Birds (feathered kind) Crash ATC Radar
Now this sends a chill up my spine… Apparently a large flock of migrating birds were the cause of a systems crash at the St. Louis air traffic controller system. Everything turned out to be fine, the Kansas City airport was able to take over while the computers were being rebooted. The FAA is looking into the event.
Disney USB Hubs
I guess there is a place in the world for these. Pretty standard, 4 USB 2.0 ports and cute Disney characters on them. Did I mention that they are cute? (shudder…)