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Build Your Own MP3 Player
rdnk writes "Here's something for the DIY people, a home made mp3 player built into a mint case. Total (minimum) cost for parts: ~50$. At least it's something different."
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the Media Lab is obsolete!
:p
Talk about daring technology.
We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
Wake me up when you have the iPod built in a cigarette carton for $90 in parts.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Evidently not
Karma? Karma? I don't need no stinkin' karma.
But that doesn't come with free mints.
Stop the world; I need to get off.
$50 in parts to built an mp3 player into a 'toids-tin? Sounds impressive until you realize that McGuyver can do the same thing using nothing more than belly button lint, a broken LCD watch, and a hairpin. All fitting inside a matchbook, no less.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
How much more money do we need to throw out there to get a nice shuffling feature?
I ain't gettin' on no planes.
Try to take an "mp3 player in a mint case" through security, and you'll be taking the greyhound bus for the rest of your life.
More likely the guy built a $50 webserver also
does this mean /.'s are actually RTFA?
Nope, that's just one of the limitations of a tic-tac web server.
An old 486 with 32 Mb of RAM is still an old 486 with 32 Mb of RAM, even at MIT. And it's not only a webserver, but it also doubles as their backup mp3 player when the mint goes stale.
The point was that YOU built it and it's something to showoff to your friends.
/. ppl dont have friends:)
You know that
Those would go for a lot on eBay - they're all in mint condition.
3 occaisons where I would be away from a box for longer than a half hour
Would you please, please, get a life.
Bacardi + slashdot = negative karma.
Holy frack! I hope it wasn't controlling the beer brewing too!
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
...about how it is the next "iPod Killer".
[2] Don't eat minty MP3 thingy.
What? My friends list is full of people ;)
I need to do this, simply because it would finally give a use to these altoid tins I never got around to throwing away!
Shoot Pixels, Not People!
1) Attaches to and detatches from my keychain.
2) Is small enough to be a convenient keychain.
2) Is in every way tougher than my keys.
3) Holds a retarded amount of data, enough that I can keep all my music on it incidentally to being a massive portable data store. Half a terabyte would be good.
4) Has wireless earbuds.
5) Beeps when I call for it
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
>I'm never further than a meter away from a computer, so I can have music there
:-)
Then my iNO is just the thing for you, Apple-logo, no MP3-circuitry and no cost
ladyada% ssh ml.media.mit.edu
/mas/u/ladyada: I/O error
ladyada@ml.media.mit.edu's password:
Last login: Sun Jan 16 03:59:19 from dialup-4
Digital UNIX V4.0F (Rev. 1229); Thu Apr 8 10:01:53 EDT 2004
Could not chdir to home directory
No directory!
Logging in with home = "/".
You have mail.
>
I really was going to be all handy with the neoprene cutting until I found out that my existing Marware case was perfect for stuffing my iPod in a newly gutted Sony Sports Walkman. Can I have a Slashdot story please? PLEASE?
Without permission it's infringement.
/.ers must've taken the original and used it to make their bittorrent file...
No, it's theft! The original is nowhere to be found, so those dirty communist
Following the logic of the original poster, why would one ever bother to learn to play an instrument when there's all of that recorded music out there?
Answer: for the sheer joy of playing.
Hi,
Please reduce the amount of sheer joy in your life.
Sincerly,
Your neighbor's association.
You can't take the sky from me...