the likelihood that this product will ever make it retail: very low you'd be much better off recycling an old laptop LCD screen to display a live RSS feed. Possible ways to do this:
http://www.macmod.com/content/view/210/2http://www.macworld.com/2004/08/features/thenextdo ityourselfmac/index2.php
the ways to network this vary, bluetooth is the best alternative so long as distance isn't an issue, obviously cables would be too cumbersome, so an AirPort Card would be nice..a possible solution would be to mount the laptop whole and use it's AirPort Connection:
http://www.macmod.com/content/view/467/1/
from here, it's a simple matter to use Apple Remote Desktop to log in to your laptop, and make it behave however you want...best part: you don't have to wipe your bum with ink!
Now if only I had an extra ibook to sacrifice for this project.
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Farty Pat
probably will never get laid
Hardware:
iBook G3 500Mhz/640 MB RAM
Nomad IIc.mp3 player 192MB
Overactive pyloric sphincter. Bonzai!
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the likelihood that this product will ever make it retail: very low you'd be much better off recycling an old laptop LCD screen to display a live RSS feed. Possible ways to do this: http://www.macmod.com/content/view/210/2 http://www.macworld.com/2004/08/features/thenextdo ityourselfmac/index2.php
the ways to network this vary, bluetooth is the best alternative so long as distance isn't an issue, obviously cables would be too cumbersome, so an AirPort Card would be nice..a possible solution would be to mount the laptop whole and use it's AirPort Connection:
http://www.macmod.com/content/view/467/1/
from here, it's a simple matter to use Apple Remote Desktop to log in to your laptop, and make it behave however you want...best part: you don't have to wipe your bum with ink!
Now if only I had an extra ibook to sacrifice for this project.
________
Farty Pat
probably will never get laid
Hardware:
iBook G3 500Mhz/640 MB RAM
Nomad IIc .mp3 player 192MB
Overactive pyloric sphincter. Bonzai!