Can’t afford a snowboard? Just use two PowerBooks!
Filed under: Awesomeness, Humor, Mods, Tips/How To, video
These things may not be able to run snow Leopard, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have fun in the snow!
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Florian for the tip!
[via Zweck Entfremder]
The Time Capsule Jewelry Box: Hide your valuable jewelry inside your valuable electronics
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Hacks, Mods, Photos, design
Aside from the whole “engagement/wedding ring” thing, I think I have not bought the Bride of Macenstein any jewelry in the 70 or so years we’ve been married. Yes, she’s a lucky woman.
But despite her lack of baubles, I’m sure if she DID have any nice jewelry (or valuables of any kind), she would appreciate this velvet-lined Time Capsule jewelry box. It certainly would look nicer than that burlap-lined one I made out of a G4 tower that’s sitting on her dresser now.
And besides, what better way to hide your valuable jewelry than hiding it inside what appears to be valuable electronics. Double win!
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader psionic0001 for the tip!
[via Instructables]
MacBook hacked to add “right-click” in Windows
I’m always amazed at how much extra space seems to be inside the black and white MacBooks, given Apple’s obsession with slimming things down. First someone was able to add a second LCD screen behind the MacBook’s main one, and now InsanelyMac forum member jboy21 has crammed a usb mouse inside his black MacBook to add right click functionality.
“Basically ive taken a standard logitech usb mouse, hacked it down to its very bare essentials, inserted inside the case along with a usb hub.
Ive tapped into the usb connection between the motherboard and bluetooth module, attached the hub and rerouted the cable for the bluetooth module to the hub.
Ive placed a small piece of metal (which is attached and insulated on the L-bracket) underneath the right mouse button to make the contact.
All the boards are located in a spare ram module slot, ive already got the maximum amount of ram on one stick so i didnt need it anyway.”
An impressive feat of engineering. Of course, this hack would have been totally unnecessary if he hadn’t first ruined his Mac by installing Windows on it…
Apple’s girliest computer just got girlier
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, MacBook, Mods, design
Awww…. This is just adorable. At least as long as you don’t realize that there’s a bite out of that Apple, so she’s about 3 seconds from collapsing unconscious on the floor in a house with 7 guys.
This clever mod is the work of flickr user LübeckerJung‘
s girlfriend who made the design herself:
I found the artwork via google image search. She was part of the DVD-cover of Disneys Snow White. A little Illustrator here and a little Photoshop there and then i finally printed it at my local copyshop on a adhesive foil. “
[via design you trust]
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