This design and construction guide was written in response to many requests I’ve received over the years for a source for plans, instructions or drawings for the foot-powered treadle lathe. And it’s a free download! Brought to you by the many-pathed world of Sue Robishaw and Steve Schmeck.

AutoSpeed – The World’s Best High Performance Online Magazine (via)

iPod Subway Maps has some licensing issues to solve, but is working on it: the San Francisco BART map is back online. This new version, available for both the iPod Photo and Nano, was designed by me over the last five hours and is therefore not subject to the cease-and-desist order from yesterday.

DVD Guide – How to Switch Codes for German DVDs {long lost & forgotten}

[This guy] learned how to make these Dumplings from the Mountains of Georgia while [he] was in the Peace Corps in the Republic of Georgia.

Gingery lathes [googlelized] (via). Try reading here.

Use laserspotcam, a laser pointer to control XMMS, a multimedia player for unix systems (via)

Instructables, by the Squid Labs teamfolk, is a step-by-step collaboration system that helps you record and share your projects with emphasis on documentation. (via)

Asterisk, an Open Source PBX (via, thru). Also exists Asterix at home
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