May 29, 2008
DIY - How to Make Heater Pad from Scratch!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a good DIY on how to make your own heater pad from scratch with acetate. This should save couple bills for your next sking/snowboarding trip. I do prefer snowboarding of course, people in general are way more laid back. (no offense to you skiers& ... More
DIY Wifi HACK - How to Get Free Wifi from Starbucks and AT&T Hotspots!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool little hack that let’s you get free wifi from Starbucks or AT&T Hotspots! Basically, you change the “User-Agent” to iPhone User Agent, which is the header part of HTTP transmission. Then you put in the phone number of an ... More
DIY - How to Make a Cork Lamp!
This has to be “da” coolest lamp I’ve seen in a freakin’ long ass freakin’ time! Kate over at Design Sponge shows you how to make one yourself. ever since i saw one on a bedside table in domino magazine, i have been in love with and searching for vintage cork lamps. they are hard to find though, and often pretty expen ... More
Comcast Hacked in BitTorrent Throttling Payback!
Comcast’s DNS records were hacked…wow. The hackers appear to have changed the Comcast DNS/WHOIS records which were pointing at a non-Comcast address. Although back to normal now, for a while the records displayed this data: Administrative Contact: Domain Registrations, Comcast kryogenicsdefiant@gmail.com Defiant still raping 2k8 ebk 69 ... More
DIY - How to Make a 2 Tap Cornelius Kegerator!
HEre’s a fun DIY that shows you how to turn a small refrigerator into a 2 Tap Cornelius Kegerator so you can drink all day and night long. Great job guys, this is the best DIY this year so far, cheers! Recently we decided that we were tired of bottle conditioning our beer ( a 1 to 2 week process that gets you carbonated beer) it’s lon ... More
DIY Giant Fabric Keyboard!
Here’s a giant fabric keyboard for those of you who would rather use your feet and your fingers to type. [via make - ladyada - hackaday] .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } .gallery img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } .galle ... More
DIY Hacked Wii Surf board can surf Google Earth!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the bike that can fly Google Earth? Well, here’s something a little cooler, a hacked Wii surf board that surfs Google Earth! Diese ist sehr gute! (Yeah, I took German in high school) We’ve seen how one can cycle around the world virtually ... More
Google Earth API now let’s you put Google Earth in your website!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a great news that you can now put Google Earth into your website using Google Earth API. The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages. Using the API you can draw markers and ... More
May 28, 2008
DIY - How to Make an LED USB CD Lamp!
Want to be really green? Try this DIY on how to make an LED USB CD Lamp made from of course your useless CDs and some ingenuity. The USB powered LED CD lamp is a very useful gadget. It’s powered by the USB port, so you don’t need any external power supply. The stiff mounting wire, I used acts as a gooseneck and lets you bend the ligh ... More
DIY - How to Make Ultrasonic Bat Goggles!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s an interesting experiment where a Bat Goggles are used to allow the user to experience bat’s auditory cues. Please do not wear these in hazardous environments or in traffic! These goggles are for educational purposes only and meant for contro ... More
Linux Server Hacks - How to increase Plesk Q-mail Maximum E-mail Attachment size of 2MB!
Well, recently I had one of my clients that I host their e-mail system on my web server ask me if they can send more than 2MB for their e-mail attachments. To do this on a Plesk system, you need to create a new file for the Q-mail. Plesk defaults to 2MB for e-mail attachments. Goto this directory: /var/qmail/control make a file called “datab ... More
May 27, 2008
DIY - How to Make Match Box Fireworks!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun DIY you can do using bunch of matches. You will need like 20 boxes of matches to do this. This thing does look pretty powerful so be careful and don’t burn your hand! via metacafe boxes, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, ... More
CuWIN3500 is a Windows CE based Rugged Embedded Controller!
Comfile Technology has launched their new Touchscreen PLC/embedded computer based on Windows CE called CuWIN3500. The CuWIN3500 is based on an ARM9 32bit 266Mhz processor with a 7-inch 800×480 pixel touchscreen display pad. On top of that, the CuWIN3500 supports up to 2GB of SD cards, 64MB of RAM, 64MB of NAND Flash, 1MB of NOR flash, interna ... More
May 25, 2008
DIY Linux-based 3D Rendering Farm - PC 24 CPU Cores and 48GB of memory!
Wow, check out this DIY Linux 3D rendering farm made with an IKEA Helmer furniture and crams 24 CPUs + 48GB of RAM. This might give you some great ideas on how to make your own server farm, whether that’s for 3D or the web. via kdmurray .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; tex ... More
Winepod Stylish DIY Home Winemaking Kit
Remember the DIY Beer Brewing Kit? Check out this stylish DIY home winemaking kit if you are into wine. I don’t know how great the wine will taste but this Winepod looks simple enough to use and get your lifestyle goin’ first class style. via techfresh beer brewing kit, class style, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Gad ... More
May 24, 2008
DIY - How to Make a Rainbow Spinning Wheel!
Cool rainbow spinning wheel! It did not take long until I found the problem, the flexible wire that is making an electrical contact on the outer aluminum tape ring is causing way to much friction and it is preventing the motor from spinning! So I had done some adjustments on the flexible wire and it is now causing less friction and the motor can n ... More
DIY - How to Turn a Dell Laptop into a Digital Photo Frame!
There’s got to be about a thousand DIYs on how to make a digital photo frame these days but this one is specifically for converting a Dell laptop. Very well done. These are the steps I used to create my Digital Photo Frame from an older Dell 1150 laptop. via instructables .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { floa ... More
How to Make an NES Remote!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s another cool instructable on how to make an NES remote! This idea started when I saw someone on the web putting an iPod Shuffle into a NES controller. I thought it was was a great idea. Then I got the idea to do the same thing, but instead of an iPo ... More
Twitter Hack - Display messages from twitter on the small screen!
Here’s a cool Twitter hack that let’s you display messages on a small screen. Kinda pointless when you can use a cellphone but still, you could probably apply this idea for something else. This prototype uses an embedded system and colour LCD screen to display messages from twitter.com. It was a fun way to learn Ruby programming, as w ... More
DIY How to Make Cherry Blossom LED Tree Lights!
Here’s a simple DIY on how to make your own cherry blossom tree lights. Simple idea, well executed! These were inspired by branch lights i had seen at a store here in san francisco, but they were quite expensive and plastic and of course i thought “i could make that!” via oneredstring cherry blossom tree, Consumer, Cool, DoIt ... More
DIY - How to Make a Petal Lamp!
Here’s a great DIY showing you how to turn an ordinary IKEA pendant lamp into a petal lamp! these are two versions of modified ikea lamps, inspired by several designers i’ve seen over the years that use felt to create amazing textures. felt is inexpensive, easy to work with, and comes in a lot of great colors. i love how you can mold it an ... More
DIY Manual Vacuum Pump for small projects, fabulous idea!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a DIY manual vacuum pumps that pumps the bezeers out of a glass jar, fabulous idea! via make Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, glass jar, vacuum pump, vacuum pumps ... More
May 23, 2008
DIY - How to Make Invisible Ink!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode I’ve seen this invisible link before but here it is again! Next time you need to send that secret message, you will know how by bookmarking this post. :p via make Consumer, Cool, Documents, DoItYourself!, how to make invisible ink, invisible link, se ... More
