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Written by Chris Tangora
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
 German modder phyro-mane has set up a hacked Mini Mac Mini. While it is not a Mac at all, it is worth taking a quick look at. Phyro-mane has taken a basic laptop, flipped it around and converted it into an iMac style computer.
Looks like he chose to go with a version of Ubuntu for his OS. As we have seen there are plenty of open-source look a likes for a Mac, so this could almost pass for an iMac's second cousin. Kinda reminds me of Tom Mordasky's mod from 2005.
German Forum with pics of construction
from Hack A Day
Tom Mordasky's similar iBook Mod
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8 easy steps to mod your Mac |
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
 Beginning to mod your Mac is always a little tricky. The concern you might just fry your computer or even worse, do a really bad job. It's always best to start with something simple and build up from there. Ron Krell has been doing some modding and has put together a great first time mod DIY.
Ron goes over 8 easy steps to put some cold cathode tubes on your Power Mac or Mac Pro case. The mod is simple, cheap (under $25) and doesn't require much more than a drill and an empty PCI slot. Take a look over at our lighting mod section for more ideas.
8 steps to your first lighting mod.
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
 My family's first Mac was a IIe. Then a IILC, and finally the IIGS. I got the IIGS in my room and I remember plenty of fun filled nights playing around on it. That is why this mod seems so close to my heart. Ben Heck (Benjamin J. Heckendorn) has taken an Apple IIGS and converted into a laptop. Complete with flashing IIGS logo (flashes on disk usage), compact flash hard drive, 15 inch color screen and built-in speakers.
Way to go! This is awesome. I'm sure anyone else who has fond memories of the IIGS will appreciate this mod. Follow the link to see plenty of pictures or a video demo.
Ben Heck's website via Engadget
Video Demo
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
A few days ago we reported about Chumby getting a bunch of money to push it's product out to the masses. The Chumby has a 3.5" QVGA display, which is good for most people, but if you want to get bigger there is a mod you can do. The mod (to me at least) is a little overboard. It requires you to buy a Chumby and take it appart and re-assemble some of the pieces in the new mod. The Chumby plus the $160 LCD screen already puts it out of my price range, but that's just me. You'll also have to hand craft an adapter board, way more work than I have time for.
But if you have some time and money and want to super-size a Chumby, take a look. Bunny used a laser cutter to cut out her material, and a sophisticated (knock-off) microscope for the soldering. You can probably get by with less, but if you have access to a laser cutter, more power to you. The instructions are detailed enough that you can maybe find some alternatives to lessen the cost. Maybe when the next version of Chumby comes out you can get the first generation for less.
Super-Sized Chumby Instructions
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
 Saw this mod from 2004 and made me think of the guy who got stopped by the TSA for having a MacBook Air. If they never saw a MacBook Air before, imagine what they would think if you tried taking this through security at your airport.
This mod is made with the widely mod'd mini-ITX mother board. It is a very cool design, and I imagine that if you tinkered with it a little bit more you could get even the case to become even more of attaché like. Imagine if you could get a Mac Mini down there and then restore the lining. You could carry your files and your papers with you. If the new Mac Mini really is 1/2 the size of it's current form, mods like that would become easier and easier.
From Mini-ITX.com
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Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
 This is an easy software mod. MacThemes2.net is a great resource for icons and other GUI mods, and they have the NIB files you need to create a black and transparent theme for your Mac. About this Mac, Shutdown, Force Quit and some others are available on the site.
While they are not all available in one spot (if someone sees it there please post to comments), MDParker over at mactalk has compiled them into one posting on their forums. Take a look and turn your Mac to the dark side, you know you want to do it. These NIBs are easily replaced and you can tweak them even further if you have XCode loaded.
OSX HUD thread at MacTalk
MacThemes2.net site
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Liquid Cool Motorcycle Mod |
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Friday, 04 April 2008 |
 Cool mod that came out of a Nividea modding competition. Russian modder Dennis Ilyin came in second place, but if the judges rode bikes he would have come in first. Unfortunately this mod is powered by AC power and requires a separate monitor, so there will be no riding the motorcycle down the street while checking emails yet.
Hey that would be a cool mod. We've heard of Macs and PC's in cars, but has anybody ever seen one in a motorcyle?
From TechnaBob
Pictures of more mods (site in Russian, not sure what it says)
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Hand Held Super Nintendo (SNESp) |
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Thursday, 03 April 2008 |
 This mod is quite cool. Using a custom poly-frame, "Life of Brian" (of Ben Heck forums) has built a portable Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Complete with controller out, A/V out, 5" LCD, DC power (or twin Lithium Ion battery power) and stereo headphones.
There isn't a "how to" page, but pictures over at techblog.com do have a snapshot of the inside. Who is up for some Super Mario Brothers?
Portable SNES at TechBlog.com
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