If you don’t want to waste those expensive watts to cool your PC during the winter, check out this simple DIY cooler solution that harness the frigid outside are to cool your case. A piece of plywood, a scotch brite pad, flexible duct, and a quick connect is all you need. If you want to harness mother nature too, check out the complete writeup on HackaDay.
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I have always been fascinated by media center PCs. Now I’m not talking a heavy windows PC running Windows Media Center Edition. I want a lightweight simple system that can access my media from a large hardrive or a Network Attached Storage server. Ideally I want a DVR built in as well as a simple interface to access my mp3′s and DVD files. The media center must also interface with existing hardware, such as a DVD player. I was going to turn my old Xbox into a media center, but I just don’t want to mess around with all the Xbox limitations and hardware DRM. I am going to build a small Micro-Atx pc and run Linux Media Center on it. If anyone has done this or has any recommendations, let me know in the comments. I will keep you posted on the project, but for now here are some nice videos explaining Linux Media Center.
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Need a cheap file server, Linux machine, or emailing machine? How about a refurbished 700MHz Celeron for $47.91. It’s really bare-bones, with only 128MB of RAM, a 10GB hard drive, Windows 2000 (not installed), onboard Video and Audio, two PCI slots, one AGP slot, and four USB slots.
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Complete Myth TV guide. This site take you step by step through the process of setting up a Myth TV box. The website is I Make Projects, they are trying to build a new project every two weeks. Looks like a promising site to me.
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Growing up, arcades were all the rage. I remember going after school just to watch local Street Fighter 2 masters fight it out at the arcade. Arcades are long gone with popularity of the home video games, like the PS2 and Xbox. If you always wanted a arcade at home, just make one. With the creation of Mame software. Many home video cabinets are popping up all over the web. The Webb Mame machine website is one of the most indepth sites about creating a Mame machine. Webb Mame site has indepth articles and full drawings of the cabinet.
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A computer in a motorcycle, what will they think of next. Russell Thomas of Chopper Computers recently designed this great computer mod as a prototype. Then company hopes to sell high end computer with a motorcycle theme. The computer is water cooled, with the gas tanks holding the distilled water for the cooling. The whole computer and frame has been painted with custom paint and graphics. The company plans to start production within six to eight weeks.
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With the revolution of smaller and smaller computers, the mini itx has recently gain popularity of many modders. The form factor is small and feature rich. While their are may mods out their, the Humidor CL Server stands out in my mind as one of the most elegant. The mini itx computer was hidden in the bottom tray. Although i am not a cigar smoker, i would love this on my desk.
Check this cool computer mod out.
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