I’ve just updated my SpicyWardWeb greasemonkey script to include SkypeOut links next to the phone numbers in the membership directory. You can find it here.

I’m a fan of great tech ideas and startups. This week’s great idea comes from FON.

It’s idea is this: You share free WiFi with others at home/office and they share it with you when you’re on the road.

That idea is cool - in and of itself - but there more “cool” to be found. All the technology is built into a Linksys WRT54G-type router.

Ah yes, the great WRT54G. One of the best examples of the rising importance of the “Make” culture. As soon as FON reaches the tipping point hardware hacking will really lead some to the $.

I love to observe the growing “MAKE-culture” (Makers) take technologies in a new direction. What’s a Maker, you say?

MAKE-Culture n. a.k.a. Maker
1. A technology sub-culture that drives to make an electronic device to something it wasn't meant to do.

With every new product release there is a race to see what can be modified, reprogrammed and adapted to a new use.

One of the coolest examples of this is Microsoft’s Xbox game console. This device has been fully exploited by the Makers. The Xbox360 was recently released in the U.S. It’s now only a matter of time.

Free60.org anyone?