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• Hilary Duff, Novelist 27 minutes ago Celebrific
  Stephanie Meyer, look out! Actress-turned-popstar-turned-writer Hilary Duff has signed a deal to write young adult novels for publishing company Simon & Schuster. The newly engaged 22-year-old has already penned her first novel, Elixir, which will be published in October. There are no handsome vampires or shirtless werewolves in the teen story, but it does have [...]
• Michael C. Hall: On The Road To Recovery 1 hour ago Celebrific
  His fans are pleased to know that he?s getting better. The 39-year-old Dexter actor, who revealed just last January that he?s battling cancer, is on his way to recovery. Michael C. Hall told US Weekly, ?I?m great on the health front. I?ve had my second to last treatment and there?s one more to go on March [...]
• DWTS: Rehearsal Time! 2 hours ago Celebrific
  March 22 is coming so it?s practice-practice-practice for Season 10?s celebrity contestants. See how the finalists of Dancing With The Stars are working on their fancy footwork and dance routines. TV?s most-watched mom Kate Gosselin leaves her New York hotel to meet her dance partner Tony Dovolani. Check out her new satin dancing shoes. Pussycat Doll Nicole [...]
• Katherine Heigl Goes Brunette 3 hours ago Celebrific
  The 31-year-old actress goes for a big change in her look. She emerged early this week with darker locks as she returned to the Grey?s Anatomy set. She tried staying incognito as she had lunch with her mom Nancy last week at Figaro in Los Feliz. I wonder if she was hiding her newly colored [...]
• Coffee powered Car-puccino 18 hours ago Hack a Day
  We can only imagine how amazing this coffee burning car smells at it speeds down the highway at a maximum of 60mph. Don’t jump out of your seat so quick to get your own, while the idea sounds fantastic, the mileage will bring you back to earth rather quick. At 3 miles per kilo of [...]
• 50MHz to 100Mhz scope conversion 19 hours ago Hack a Day
  [Ross] is the proud owner of a 50 MHz Rigol DS1052E oscilloscope. He’d like to have the 100 MHz version but the $400 difference in price puts it out of his reach. After some extensive poking around on the PCB and pouring over datasheets, he managed to reverse engineer the design and upgrade to a [...]
• Jeri makes integrated circuits 21 hours ago Hack a Day
  [Jeri Ellsworth] made this silicon inverter at home, by hand. It took her two years to get the process figured out and achieve something we didn’t think was possible. The complexity of manufacture, and the wide range of tools and materials needed seem insurmountable but she did it anyway. Her home chip fab Flickr set [...]
• Noisy Super 8 22 hours ago Hack a Day
  [Matt Kemp] remade this super 8 film camera into a synthesizer. Inside you’ll find a light sensor pointed through the lens. This way, zooming, focusing, and pointing the lens elsewhere will change the sound. He also refit the original controls to monkey with the output. Turn your speakers up when you watch this, your co-workers [...]
• Steampunk Wheelchair Project 22 hours ago Hacked Gadgets
  If you like steampunk you are going to love this. This Steampunk Wheelchair Project is a work of art, other than the obvious donor electric wheel chair platform at the bottom the unit looks like it is something crazy from the past. The sound effects really top it off. Via Adafruit and Make “What you get when [...]
• Is Charice The New Jojo? 23 hours ago Celebrific
  Her first official US single is already gaining a huge momentum. Charice?s ?Pyramid? climbed from #46 to #38 on Billboard?s Hot Dance Club list on its third week. There are four versions of the song?the album version featuring Iyaz and three remixes by DJs Barry Harris, Jonathan Peters, and Dave Aude. Better known as Charice Pempengco [...]