Here’s a cool little tool you can use to edit pictures online. It works flawlessly with Flickr hopefully… (well it says…)

But I’ve always thought we need somethin’ like this. Using a Photoshop is an expensive option for most people and takes way too long to load.

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Check out this cool NES wallet instructables!

Awesome!

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Check out this cool human built UFO!

Here’s a really cool DAT backup tape loader robot that being worked on. This might be a great way to automate your server backups especially if you own a hosting company.

Thanks to D. Wilstar for the link!

This is another cheap project, useful to those peoples too lazy to change backup tapes every night (If You said “What’s Backup?” please stop reading! )
This project is less “art attack” than my homemade CNC. There is, indeed, a plan (well, sort of…) drawn with Google SketckUp (actually drawn BEFORE construction, and not AFTER, like I usually do ).
Almost all mechanical components used can be salvaged parts, or can be bought in a hardware store.

I’ve been doing a lot of research lately after my HTC 8125 broke, but it came back to life about a week later.

Since my HTC 8125 is so slow, I had to find a new phone that was FAST. I went to all the stores with demo phones including Cingular, Verizon, Sprint, and didn’t really bother going to T-mobile. Anyways, some of the Cingular stores had these HTC 8525 demos hooked up on Wi-fi so I thought it was really fast until I turned the Wifi off.

After going to all these stores, I found Sprint and Verizon had the fastest internet. (As far as simply bringing up a big site like Make on the phone)

What’s HSDPA and EDVO?

HSDPA is basically the data internet network for GSM phones (Cingular, T-Mobile) and EDVO is the one for CDMA phones. (Sprint, Verizon)

I am really looking forward to WiMAX, which is a network running on CDMA and supposedly is faster than your DSL or cable.

Browsing Tests

My current HTC 8125 on Cingular takes about 2 minutes.

Verizon took about 30 seconds and Sprint was slightly faster at about 20 seconds.

Then I went to the Cingular store and tested their HSDPA enabled HTC 8525 phone which took about 1 minute and a half to load up Makezine.

Well, this is all great, but where is the proof?

So, I found a cool site that tests your cellphone speed. I checked out the Cingular store and the Sprint store again.

Although I wanted to switch to Sprint, I wanted to do a last check for the fastest phone.

Here’s the results:

Cingular HTC 8125:

400 K bits/sec

Cingular Samsung Blackjack:

830K bits/sec

Sprint PPC-6700

1100K bits/sec

I wanted to test the Motorola-Q too at the Sprint store but maybe next time…

Actually, the Sprint PPC-6700 flutuated between 500K bits/sec to 1600K bits/sec

Overall, when browsing sites, the Sprint PPC-6700 loaded faster whereas the Cingular phones loaded very slowly regardless of the speed test.

If you are going to go with Cingular, make sure to get the HTC8525, which is the only phone that supports HSDPA. Actually maybe Blackjack does too…

I will update you on some results after my new Sprint phone purchases. (We are gettin’ the Moto Q and the Samsung IP-830W for some rugged testing…)

Also expect EDVO Rev B to boost some EDVO enabled phones… (Sprint, Verizon) Up to 9Mbps downloads!

Check out these cool LED illuminated house numbers you can get!

i-plane backlight panels by spore for plane address numerals. these backlight panels are led illuminated. they come in your choice of blue, green, red, or white. available in panels for one to five plane numerals. the power may be provided from a standard wired doorbell system or other low voltage power supply. power required: b-16 volts ac or 6-12 volts dc. the illumination is provided by leds that produce light in specific colors. the leds will normally last over 100,000 hours or 11 years! the panels are a laminate of acrylic and polycarbonate with an integral circuit board. stainless steel mounting screws are provided.

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Oooh, make sure to check out these cool bike stands if you got a bike.

The patented locking mechanism effortlessly and securely supports your motorcycle in an upright position on the ground or on a trailer. See The Video

The Pit-Stop also serves as a Trailer-Stop and easily snaps onto trailers or pick-up beds with the adapter kit. With the Trailer-Stop, tying down a motorcycle becomes a simple and easy task for one person.

Here’s a cool DIY on how to make a mouse using a dead mouse.  It’s ironic because we found some mouse running around at my girfriend’s brother’s apartment the other day…  But that’s a cute mouse.  I don’t have the nerves to make one myself though.

Hacked travel-size (hardware) mouse + taxidermied (wetware) mouse = Mouse Mouse!
Fully functional, and furry!

Warning: this project involves taxidermy, dremels, and sometimes graphic pictures of dead animals. While there are no guts in this tutorial, viewer discretion is still advised. If you are offended by this entire idea, please peruse the wallet contest or the laser cutter contest instead.

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• Impeach Bush and Golden States wins over Dallas (wow… I am just amazed how well they are doing…)  Now i am actually watching TV again and have a local NBA team to root for.  (I used to like the Sacramento Kings, well I still do but they are just suckin’ it up last couple years)

Cool, I’ve always wanted to make an ant farm. I remember making one out of some glass jars when I was little but wasn’t really all that successful.
Here’s how to make a luxurious ant farm!

If you don’t want to build an ant farm, you can always check out these ant farms you can buy.

A few weeks ago a friend of mine was reminiscing about their old ant farm and so I decided to make an ant farm and give it to them as a gift.

This ant farm is made from old windows, has a warm LED “sun”, some structures for the ants to play on, and is tricked out with a few laser etched/cut accouterments that hopefully make this more than just any regular ant farm. I like to think of it as a luxury ant farm, or mANTsion.

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