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Modding an old iPod Remote to Work With the New iPod

Shakin-tosh, a member of KODAWARISAN, has modded the old iPod remote control to work with the new iPod. (Translation) I guess there were now new Macs to disassemble this week 🙂

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PowerBook Hacks and Other Foolishness

MacDan has posted a number of Macintosh related hacks, help and other foolishness. Some of my favorite PowerBook-related pages from MacDan: – Fried chip in a DVI TiBook – Blank white LCD on a 667 DVI ‘Book, toasted chip and a solution. – TiBook display take-apart, re-assembly and various other related info – TiBooks break […]

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How-To: Change the Color of the Apple Logo on Your PB

Sterling Anderson has posted a pictorial on how to change the color of your PowerBook’s Apple logo. That’s pictorial, as in, just pictures. Obviously, you’re doning this at your own peril, ok?

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Building the US$200 OSx86 Mac

In the following article I will discuss how to build a Intel based computer that comes very closely to meeting the specs of the OSx86 Development machines. We will discuss exactly WHAT hardware you want, WHERE to find the software, and HOW to install it…” i-hacked.com

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Watercooled, Overclocked PowerBook a Hoax

German blog Der Eigenbroetler claims to have overclocked a PowerBook G4 17-inch to 5.86 GHz. In order to keep it cool they’ve added a liquid cooling system that uses distilled water. According to the Blog it’s a “little bulky.” Original German page, translated English version. The author admits in the comments that it’s a hoax.