Can you add a Hard Drive to the new Apple TV?
The long awaited revision to the Apple TV is out, but it’s not quite what I had longed for. I am an original apple TV user and I love it, but the reason it works for me is because it has a hard drive. The giant plus side to it is that the new Apple TV costs only $99, uses much less energy than the original, and has netflix. The downside is no more hard drive. Which means as a laptop user with a two year child, I can never be off my guard while streaming music or movies to the apple tv for fear of a cracker and milk mixture shorting out my keyboard. Plus when the laptop is not in the house there is no longer access to any of the content which would mean I would have to run another computer. So the big question is can the new Apple TV be hacked to attach a hard drive. Seems like this could be a possible using the mini USB port or possibly to a networked hard drive. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas on the subject? Oh and if you could throw an app store up there so I can play games on the TV that would be awesome.
Recycled bottle bird feeder Quick & Easy Project
Instead of firing up your car to drive to the hardware store to buy a bird feeder shipped here all the way from China you can dig though your recycling bin and have a good looking bird feeder in a few simple steps and save money in the process. I used two large plastic bottles.
One bottle is commonly used as a tea or lemonade bottle and one was a juice bottle. I used one bottle for holding the seed and attached a coat hanger through the top of the bottle and twisted the wire together at the top to use it as the hanger. Then I drilled part of the lid out and left a center portion to hold the seed catcher.
I cut the bottom of the juice bottle off and drilled a bunch of tiny holes in the bottom for water drainage. Next I drilled a hole through the seed catcher and the lid to attach a bolt.
Once the bolt is attached you can just fill the bottle with seed and test your bird feeder out. Now make one for your neighbors too becuase they will be envious.
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