Tangent: Mark was a true hacker. I randomly found geektechnique a long time ago while screwing around on some random project (playing with an SGI Indy or a Mac Classic, perhaps), and kept coming back. Later, I was contemplating a cellphone bike charger after moving to Holland and remembered his iPod version. I thought "this idea had to have come from a Dutch guy". Sure enough, he lived in Holland, and I wanted to thank him for all weird projects he'd inadvertently helped me with over the years.
Unfortunately he passed away in 2008 (heart attack while on his bike), so I never got a chance to buy him a beer. :(
Everyone should go check out his site, it's full of other fun projects (he helped pioneer "hacking Ikea" as a concept).
http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/511
Tangent: Mark was a true hacker. I randomly found geektechnique a long time ago while screwing around on some random project (playing with an SGI Indy or a Mac Classic, perhaps), and kept coming back. Later, I was contemplating a cellphone bike charger after moving to Holland and remembered his iPod version. I thought "this idea had to have come from a Dutch guy". Sure enough, he lived in Holland, and I wanted to thank him for all weird projects he'd inadvertently helped me with over the years.
Unfortunately he passed away in 2008 (heart attack while on his bike), so I never got a chance to buy him a beer. :(
Everyone should go check out his site, it's full of other fun projects (he helped pioneer "hacking Ikea" as a concept).
http://geektechnique.org/projectlab
See:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/01/motorolas_bike.php
http://gizmodo.com/231766/motos-bike+powered-phone-charger
http://fablab.waag.org/content/usb-bike-charger
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8166196.stm
http://www.mobileapptitude.com/?p=747