Tag Archive for 'diy'
I love computers but I think my slightly addled brain is just too stupid to quite understand how they work. Thankfully people like Matthias Wandel are looking out for me (although they probably don’t realise it at the time), making readily-followed examples of such things as binary marble counters out of wood.
If you’re wanting a digital photo frame, why not build one yourself? Well, building one from scratch might be quite a big ordeal, however, RedPost Inc. has launched their own kit for doing just that.
The Steampunk mods keep coming, and they’re getting more impressive all the time. After the success of Jake von Slatt’s monitor and keyboard hackery, over at Datamancer they’re documenting the development of a whole Steampunk desk, the Computational-Engine, complete with typewriter keyboard, phonograph-horn audio system and even a scanner-in-a-book called the Opti-Transcripticon.
I’ve always wanted to make a secret room in my house. Unfortunately I’ve had my house long enough that people would probably noticed if I somehow shifted a wall or two to accommodate the extra hidden room. But if I were to accomplish that somehow, I’d want a really cool way to get into said [...]
Summer is nearly upon us, which means that we need to find creative ways to stay cool. Here’s a great way to cool someone else off from over 100 yards away.
This is a great year for me, I’m a huge Star Wars nut, and this of course is the 30th anniversary of the original movie. That means that there is all kinds of stuff coming out. If you’re looking to attend an event in costume, and you can’t quite get your Darth Vader belt to [...]
If you’ve got a few extra spuds lying around, why not shoot them out of a large cannon?
For some people a simple potato gun just isn’t good enough. So why not make a triple-barreled spud turret? You should check out this awesome how-to that shows you how to make this incredible propane-powered potato gun that [...]
Jake von Slatt has already crafted an incredible Steampunk makeover of a venerable IBM Model M keyboard, and he decided it needed a monitor in keeping with the theme. So against the warranty’s better judgement he popped open the casing of his Dell monitor and proceeded to make an ingenious brass masterpiece from the innards.
A friend of mine once gave himself a urinary tract infection thanks to a long night dancing in PVC hotpants, but if you’re looking for fun that really burns then you need Dance Dance Immolation. A fiery upgrade to the popular dancing game - where players have to copy on-screen moves on a special controller [...]
Finding buried treasure is one of those things that’s on my to-do list but I never get around to catching up with, so I should probably give seasoned seeker John Corney a call; he’s fashioned a remote control detector using a toy truck as donor.
