Mount/Boot an ISO Image with IsoStick

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 by J.P. Armstrong Email your friend! Facebook this! Tweet this! ShareThis!ShareThis

IsoStick is a USB thumb device that emulates a CD drive and mounts ISO images. The images are stored on an internal SD card. It can be used for common images like Linux install CDs since you’d only use once or twice. No need to waste a blank CD. Instead just use IsoStick to emulate one. Since the computer sees it as a optical drive, you can also boot from it.

Free applications like UNetbootin let you make a normal USB drive into a bootable device. If you just want to mount the image on a Windows computer try Virtual CloneDrive. Linux and Mac OS X can mount ISO images natively. With the IsoStick, no need to install any software.  You can support the project or find out more information by visiting their Kickstarter page.

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DIY Operating Systems

Monday, February 13th, 2012 by J.P. Armstrong Email your friend! Facebook this! Tweet this! ShareThis!ShareThis

from MikeOS.berlios.de

Operating systems have always fascinated me. It’s something I’ve always wanted to make from scratch. Being able to control computer hardware at the lowest level. While looking up how to make my own I’ve stumbled on a few others have made. These OSes bring me back to the days of MS-DOS and Windows 3.1

Here are some impressive operating systems made by hobbyist. They’ll give you an idea of what is required if you plan make your own. There are a variety of operating systems to try from 16 to 64-bit.  You can download and burn them to a CD or copy them to a floppy. (more…)

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Open Source Audio Mixer

Friday, February 10th, 2012 by J.P. Armstrong Email your friend! Facebook this! Tweet this! ShareThis!ShareThis

by auroramixer from FlickrAurora Mixer is an open source USB multichannel  DJ mixer. It’s compatible with most MIDI software. The mixer has 24 programmable knobs, 2 linear channel faders, and a single a/b crossfader. At the heart of the Aurora is a ADG732 32-channel multiplexer and a PIC18LF4525. These chips are used to record  the values of the knobs, sliders, and buttons.

Unfortunately, they are no longer taking orders for the mixer, but their website has all the files you’d need to make your own.

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