Talking Remote Holder

This device is a remote control and holder. The difference between it and the rest of it’s ilk is the holder asks questions when the remote isn’t put back. Probing HAL-like questions such as: “Where’s the remote?” “Are you still using the remote?” Now this is cool, and maybe I could’ve used it for the

iSkype headset

This just cracks me up. This guy took an iSight camera and taped it to a pair of headphones. Reason? The iSight has a microphone and the iSight plugs into the Mac firewire port viz a digital mic input! Kludge-o-rama baby! iSkype – ReesesWiki – musing/2005-11-01 DIY Skype Headset

Robot Arms for Art

I’m forever astounded at what people will try and make. Over at robot clothes blog they’re making DIY robotic arms! All it seems in the name of Art (shrug). I dunno about an artistic arm, but I can think of a few uses I could use a robotic arm for every day… Brushing teeth robot

PDAs in the iPod era

There’s been an interesting discussion going on over at Slashdot titled “Why Have PDAs Failed In The iPod Era?” As you can imagine, opinions abound. As I’ve got a personl interest in why my PDA won’t do things I need it to the way I need it to that would make my life better, which

Wrist Wearable PC/PDA

Okay, here’s a spin on the ‘traditional’ PDA. This is a PDA you wear on your wrist. It has impressive specs including GPS, IrDA, Bluetooth and Wireless connectivity. Has 32 MB system ROM-Flash, 64 MB system SDRAM, and expands up to 1 GB through the built-in SD memory slot. Now, this I can’t see being

There’s a Kludgemagazine

I just found out there is a kludge magazine. It’s a music related website and has nothing whatsoever to do with what lifekludger kludges. However, it did have an interesting quote on its front page that caught my attention. “If you could be told by what you can see or read then it follows that

RSS to lyrics

I’ve been sitting on this post for a while. I spotted this article on converting a RSS feed into a Lyrics file and thought there’s something in this but din’t really know what. Surely the idea that RSS can be read on a portable device, especially some low-cost mp3 player with a screen, would be

Old Phones Made Mobile

Here’s a take on the idea of converting an old style land-line telephone by hooking it up to a mobile inside it. This article shows how it’s done. I thought what a neat idea for someone needing a mobile phone with big buttons! Article – http://www.tristanperich.com/Art/Telephone/ via make – http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/10/old_phone_to_new_phone.html

Podcast University

This article from Newsday outlines how over at Purdue University the students are gettig into using podcasts. Digital recordings of lectures allow college students with MP3 players to catch lessons or just catch up wherever and whenever they want. This is excellent example of lifekludging using existing (if not emerging) technology applied to a lifestyle

What is a kludge?

Well may you ask “What is a kludge?” Different people have different definitions. Many times it’s very subjective. A bit like ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ or ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. I’ve outlined what I mean in my “About this blog” page, which you can get to as a