Vote for TinyEnormous! wired/sparkfun/ponoko contest

Sparkfun, Ponoko, and Geek dad from wired have all teamed up to create a contest for us makers. The rules are simple: design something that uses sparkfun’s parts and Ponoko’s cutting services. The top ten coolest designs get picked by a panel and then the best one gets picked by an online vote! I have …

What do vendors gain by making closed hardware?

I have a Hp mini netbook, an xbox, a canon 7D dslr, a canon powershot point and shoot camera and an iphone. The netbook is a hackintosh. The xbox has a mod chip so it can act as a media server. The powershot is running CHDK which enables an intervalometer and motion detection. The iPhone …