orangeek's blog

I know: you keep saving links into del.icio.us (I can't stand the new URL), tagging them as 'DIY', 'Weekend Projects'. And then, when you find the right time to do it, you begin reading the instuctions:

• Torcs screwdriver
• Welder
• PCB Controller

... and you give up. You don't have such things.
Don't worry. In 15 minutes you'll build _yourself_ a stand for your shiny iPod Touch.

Ta daaaa!

Here below  the worst, ugliest, feature-less, time-consuming stand you'll ever see. But it's yours. And it was built by yourself.

The stand will let your iPod work with USB cable and/or earphones (at least with the cable provided by Bose).

The only tools you'll need are:

• the original packaging your iPod came with (yes, the plastic box)
• adhesive tape
• (rock)
• paper
• scissors
• knife
• the 2 Apple stickers kindly included in the packaging

In the next days I'll provide PDF to print out and cut the needed tape strips. :)

Enjoy.

2 great timelapse videos

Timescapes Timelapse: Learning to Fly from Tom @ Timescapes on Vimeo.

remanence : variance from Samuel Cockedey on Vimeo.

Wow, La Fonera 2.0 wifi router is available on the FON Shop for 50 Euros.

 Great video created for the contest "We're Linux", launched by the Linux Foundation: .

"What Does It Mean To Be Free?" by Amitay Tweeto.

The editors at Repubblica launched a great campaign, "Il mio desktop", asking the readers to send pictures of their desktop. Even if the idea isn't original (take a look at the "featured desktop" section on Lifehacker), it's still useful and interesting to "read" through.

They collected more than 4000 pictures and they created 165 (one-hundred-sixtyfive) galleries; every gallery contains 25 pictures.

 

Wait? What??? Am I supposed to click 4125 times (165*25) to watch the pictures?

Are you serious?? Come on: ever heard of a "slideshow"??