eMac converted to self-tweeting cat bed
What do you do with an obsolete computer the size of a huge, plastic canned ham? Let your cat use it to tweet her naps, of course.
The eMac was a behemoth of a computer, released by Apple in 2002. Originally meant for the education market, Apple ev...
Control Siri with your mind and lots of hardware
What's better than controlling your iPhone 4S with Siri? How about just thinking about something and having it happen? That's what a group of hackers have accomplished with Project Black Mirror.
They've connected an iPhone 4S up to a setup that ...
This Gross Swarovski MacBook Air Mod Is For Cheap Pimps Only
Even just looking at the picture, it’s easy to see this 11-inch MacBook Air “luxury mod” is a grotesque mockery. Crystallize-Your-Design would probably have you believe that recreating “Angel of the Chapel Sistine” on a MacBook Air in Swarovski Crystals took some sort of...A giant white iPhone table with no multitouch
German enthusiast and iPhone fan Benjamin Bachmeier has constructed a table-sized computer called the iTableous. This behemoth was entirely hand-built and runs a hackintosh version of Mac OS X 10.6.7 as well as Windows 7 Professional. Dual boot, baby...
Add a Second Hard Drive to Your New 2011 Mac Mini with iFixit’s Dual Hard Drive Kit
Don’t want to spend an extra $400 for the server model just for the ability to add a second hard drive? No problem! iFixit is offering a sweet kit that adds a second hard drive to the base model — it includes the the mounting screws, drive ribbon, and all of the tools you need...
The Stanley Parable: we’re going to cover this HL2 mod in a new way
The Internet has been breaking down my door telling me to play a new Half-Life 2 mod called the Stanley Parable, so last night I sat down, installed the mod, and played for around an hour. It's an amazing...
Turn an iPod touch into an iPhone with its own packaging
Here's a nice bit of ingenuity. Lifehacker reader Kevin explains how he used a VoIP app (Viber and Line 2 are two nice options) with his iPod's packaging and earbud speakers to create a DIY handset.
After smoothing the edges of the plastic backing an...
Blizzard offers StarCraft 2 modder tour, encouragement, love
Ryan Winzen is a mod-maker who was happily working on a StarCraft 2 modification called World of StarCraft until Blizzard had the video of the game removed from Youtube. He pleaded with Blizzard for its official blessing to ...
Apple TV clock mod makes up for the lack of an iPad clock
Do you have an old first-generation Apple TV lying around collecting dust? Would you like to turn it into something useful and attractive?
TUAW reader Antonio Worrall had purchased a second-generation Apple TV, and his old unit had gone to "join the c...
Real Life Angry Birds: LEGO, Cake, Arcade Booth
In the past weeks, terrific App Store sales aside, we saw the Angry Birds franchise making its way to Apple Retail Stores with official cases for iPhones and iPod touches and custom MacBook Air skins realized by loyal fans of the birds and pigs. Today, we’ve got more real-life Angry Birds creations and mods to...
MacBook Air powers 4 screens simultaneously
We're going to be agreeable and assume this picture of a MacBook Air powering 4 displays isn't a Photoshop job (It's Friday and we're in a good mood). From right to left, we've got:
An old-school, 20" Apple Cinema Display
A 7-inch Mimo 720-S...
iPad portrait light array for photographers
Here's an interesting way to use 9 iPads. Photographer Jesse Rosten mounted the set on several pieces of plywood, maxed out the brightness on each and had assistants move then around while he shot his model. In fact, the iPad arrays were the only light...
