Make: Technology on Your Time

• Digital Spelunking - Vol. 07
  Unearthing ancient Apple II files on AOL.
• Old Hardware: Anything but Garbage - Vol. 06
  Scavenging components from cast-off tech.
• Distributist Technologies - Vol. 06
  Distributist economics and the impact of personal fabrication.
• Computers in the Machine - Vol. 05
  Emulation software gives you free, zero-footprint, vintage computers.
• And One Mouse to Rule Them All - Vol. 04
  Consolidating your computer peripherals.
• Handheld Know-It-All - Vol. 03
  Installing Wikipedia on a Sharp Zaurus PDA.
• Tilt Interface - Vol. 03
  Having fun with Apple's hard drive protection system.
• Cloning an Apple I - Vol. 03
  Many hobbyists are beginning to rediscover the appeal of classic microcomputers from the 70s and early 80s.
• The Laptop That Wouldn't Say Die - Vol. 02
  Twenty-two years later, people still love the TRS-80 Model 100.

Applefritter

• Intel Mac mini: Take Apart Guide (RAM & HD) - 3/01/06
  Learn how to take apart the Intel Mac mini and upgrade the RAM and hard drive.
• Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists - 1/04/06
  This article describes how anybody in the world can develop sophisticated profiles of hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens, using only free and publicly available resources.
• The Data Domain - 12/02/05
  An interview with Ray Borril, founder of the Data Domain and one of the first resellers of the Apple I. In the era of the Altair, Borril "listened to Steve's sales pitch and it seemed like a good idea to be able to offer a computer that did not require any soldering skill."
• Repairing the PowerBook 5300 - 11/17/05
  A design flaw in this PowerBook inevitably leads to a flakey power connector. Learn how to repair it.
• Experiments with the Apple Motion Sensor - 3/09/05
  Apple's latest PowerBooks contain a "Sudden Motion Sensor" to prevent damage to the hard drive. Learn how you can use this sensor output to gather data or play games.
• A quick Mac battery replacement - 6/13/04
  Did the battery die in your old Power Mac? You can replace it with 3 AAA's.
• Apple I Processor Section - 5/28/04
  A redesign of the Apple I (1976) processor section using modern components.
• Gameshow System - 2/11/04
  A 32-buzzer gameshow system built for an Apple IIe.
• Compubrick SE - 9/21/01
  This Mac SE has been modularized using Mega Bloks. Need a new motherboard? Remove that block and snap a new one in.
• Compubrick 160 - 2/09/99
  An LCD-based desktop computer, built out of LEGO blocks.