Archive for January 6th, 2006

ScanJet Music

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Wow, now that’s what I call a waste of time!  The HP ScanJet apparently supports an unofficial command (documented in one of their old journal articles) which allows you to play musical notes by varying the stepper motor drive frequencies.  That’s, just…. I’m speechless.  Maybe you could rig your monitor to sing harmony with your scanner.

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The DIY Multi-Level Desk

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Courtesy of the make blog, and saved for future reference.

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Currency goes Bananas!

Friday, January 6th, 2006
The famed

Check this out! Collectors go ga-ga over any bill which has a printing mistake, and this one is a doozy: a Del Monte banana sticker got stuck on a $20 during printing, before it was stamped with the seal and the serial number. Crazy, crazy. They estimate it will be worth $20,000, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it will go for a lot higher. Bizarre stuff.

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