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So I went looking for signs of alien life at Weirdstuff Warehouse this morning, and they had an $10 Airport Base Station in pieces. Apparently the alien had already climbed out. Power adapter and fasteners were missing but the antenna plugged into something, and I was willing to bet that the...

I thought I'd pass along a promising link I just received from a friend. http://hpc.sourceforge.net/index.php [:)] ]'>

I bought a no-LEDs-light-at-all Pismo battery for $3 today at a flea market. I was planning to use the guts for experimental purposes. However, it is too good to mess with. Although initially not recognized, it responded to the initiation ritual and then charged slowly and uniformly to 100%...

Look for PB1XXModem.sit at the new hotline techfury90 set up (thanks!), at ueberlandowiki.net (currently in the uploads area, probably should be relocated to Drivers). If you have the software for using external modems working (recommended as a first step), adding this may allow you to connect...

Look for PB500DuoModem.sit at the new hotline techfury90 set up (thanks!), at ueberlandowiki.net (currently in the uploads area, probably should be relocated to Drivers). If you have the software for using external modems working (recommended as a first step), adding this will allow you to...

So Saturday I buy a PowerBook 540c with a battered keyboard and broken hinge for $5, hoping it has a good display that I can use to replace another that is failing. I get it home and find the hard drive has been pulled, so I install another and bring up 7.6.1. The display is bright and clear...

Bought a $1 Orinoco Silver PC24E-H-FC 802.11b WiFi PC Card at a local recycling center, in slightly bent condition. Photo of damage at The previous owner appears to have had it inserted in a laptop when it got hit, bending the antenna section with ugly results. It straightened out...

I posted a QuickCam self portrait of my recent Freecycle Xceed grayscale addition to my SE30 at along with a few other photos of making the cable that I lacked. It works! [:D] ]'>

Recent Freecycle liberations: From a local graphic artist who upgraded to Mac OS X and was donating her old Mac stuff: an Epson Expression 636 color scanner (SCSI interface) and a LaCie electron21 (20 inch usable) nice color monitor (heavy, really heavy at 77lbs/35Kg). Getting the monitor...