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Macintosh Classic re-born with an iPad!

First in October 1990 the Macintosh Classic by Apple was born, a very, very small computer with a monochrome 9″ 512×342 pixel screen, floppy drive, basic keyboard and mouse. With a whopping 4mb of memory, it was great in it’s hay-day.

I have always had a soft-spot for these machines, being so small and portable, yet fully functional desktop machines. They were very impressive for their time! Unfortunately unless you like a game of Oregon Trail, or Magic School Bus, they are not very useful today… So instead of turning it into a fish tank, why not make it functional again?

These guy’s managed to make it stash an entire iPad, and even have a working keyboard, very cool! The article I believe is in Chinese and Babelfish has done it’s best to translate…

Check it out

Homebrew Linux Tablet using BeagleBoard

Feel like building a Linux Tablet? what about one created straight out of a BeagleBoard? With a resolution of 480×272 using an OLED display it is extremely portable, and as long as you don’t mind some fine-pitch soldering, you can buy a kit and make it yourself!

His site also has lot’s of other cool Arduino gadgets you can check out.

Repair a Broken Ethernet Plug

Isn’t it annoying when your internet cuts out at random, and you can’t figure out why. Chances are if you have a laptop or a computer you constantly disconnect from your LAN the plug clip has simply broken off, causing a loose connection.

You could of course re-terminate the connection, but why bother when you can use two small zipties to have a fully functioning connector again? This neat article shows you how.