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hey n00b, here’s how you install os x on an sd card

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Macworld Senior Editor Roman Loyola posted a video guide showing how one can install Apple’s OS X Leopard on an SD card. The new Macbook Pros (save for the 17-in) come with an SD card slot, so you can install apps on the SD card and boot from it if for instance you want to…

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June 28th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing hacks + mods mobile tech technology

color your mac mini with custom anodizing

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Looking to add a splash of color to your Mac Mini without losing the aluminum finish? Well here’s a new way to add a serious splash of color to your Mini.

The guys over at Computer Choppers are now offering a custom Mac Mini anodizing service, letting you really give your computer a new look.…

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March 10th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design hacks + mods technology

hackintosh jr. casemod: the power to crush the other kids

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Want a small Mac, but like the look of the beefy aluminum Mac Pro tower? Too impatient to wait for Apple to make a metal Mac Mini, this one modder decided to craft his own.

While not running on official Apple hardware, the Hackintosh Jr. gets its looks from the big tower Macs, but at…

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February 25th, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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modder crams g4 cube mac into mac plus

Mac Plus G4 Casemod

Got an old Macintosh or Mac Plus lying around? There’s got to be something better to do with it than turn it into an aquarium, right? That’s what this enterprising modder did when he managed to cram the guts of a Mac G4 Cube into his trusty old Mac Plus, replacing the old B&W CRT…

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May 31st, 2008 comments (14) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods retro

classic imac + vhs deck = ivhs [casemod]

iVHS iMac Casemod

Back in its day, the design of the classic iMac was pretty groundbreaking. Sure, by today’s standards, the original iMac was a little bulbous, but did it really deserve this punishment?

The mutant offspring of an old G3 iMac and a VHS deck, Cory Baker’s iVHS casemod is one of the ugliest Mac designs I’ve…

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May 9th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods retro video

mac-o-lanterns light the way this halloween

Mac O Lanterns from MAKE

What better way to use a couple of old Macintosh computers?

All it took was a little orange paint for the “pumpkin”, and a JPEG viewer application for the face. This is the best use for old Macs since the original MacQuarium.
Got a great geeky holiday craft idea? Send us a tip!
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October 29th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing just plain fun retro

mac ii computers are sofa king uncomfortable

Macintosh II Couch

Got a bunch of old Macintosh II computers lying around? Why not do what these folks did and turn them into a couch?

Apparently a computer shop had about twenty old Mac IIs and IIfx computers lying around gathering cobwebs and decided to build a sofa out of the technological dinosaurs.
Since each Mac II…

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October 3rd, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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the original iphone and other lost apple designs

Original Apple Phone Design c 1983

Back in the early 1980’s, industrial designer Hartmut Esslinger of frog design fame was cranking out machines for a young little tech company called Apple Computer. As a matter of fact, he was the man behind design of the wildly popular Apple IIc personal computer.
Now, Esslinger’s son, Marc, has put together a never before…

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July 17th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design retro

classic mac icons on note cards

Susan Kare Mac Icon Note Cards

Here’s a great little gift for any Mac fanatic. User interface designer Susan Kare makes these fun notecards that feature her original designs from the classic Apple Macintosh computer.

All of your favorites are there: the smiling computer, the watch, the paint bucket and the dreaded bomb among others. The cards come in a pack…

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June 28th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing just plain fun retro