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Wedding DIY - How to Make Recycled DIY Tin Can Numbers!

by max on June 24th, 2009
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One of my best friends is getting married this weekend, here’s a cool wedding DIY that reminds me that a lot of stuff for wedding can be recycled, painted, drilled, and save lots of money including these recycled DIY tin can numbers. Jillian came up with this super cute table number idea after dinner at a restaurant that had something similar on their tables. Such an excellent way ...

Solar DIY - How to Build a Solar Cooling System for the Summer!

by max on June 12th, 2009
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Solar systems have been appearing everywhere these days including the new Prius which practically cools itself while parked out in the sun. Well, this technology isn’t so hard to understand or apply, simply get some solar panels and hook it up to a cooling device. Okay, maybe it’s not that easy but here’s a great DIY that shows you how to do that. This instructable wi ...

Garden DIY - How to Make a Bird House with Satellite Dish!

by max on June 10th, 2009
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I have seen plenty old satellite dishes just waiting to get dumped, here’s a great way to re-use the dish for your neighbor birds as a bird house. Have you ever wondered how many unused satellite dishes are floating around aimlessly out there? After being disconnected, they seem to have no apparent function other than occupying valuable storage space and being mostly ugly? The obje ...

Scottish DIY - How to Make a Bagpipe out of a Garbage Bag!

by max on June 1st, 2009
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If you are hardcore Scottish, you might be interested to know that you can make a bag pipe out of a garbage bag, now you can afford to practice without paying for the real price. This instructable is how to make a simple bagpipe like instrument out of basic household materials. Granted, it does not sound all too much like a bagpipe, but it works similarly and is fun to mess around with. ...

Fish Tank DIY - How to Make a CRT Aquarium!

by max on May 28th, 2009
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Here’s a genius idea for your fish, an aquarium made out of on old CRT monitor! Instead of throwing those heavy bastards away, now you can recycle them into nice, stylish homes for your lovable fish. Talk about a great screen saver! I’ve been wanting to do this build for a while now. Just about every time I see and old CRT computer monitor by the side of the road on trash d ...

Eco Friendly Hammock Made From Seatbelts!

by max on May 27th, 2009
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Here’s a more brilliant idea for re-using and keeping our mother earth safer, an “eco” hammock made from recycled seatbelts! Now, this one will cost you $585 but I am already getting some good ideas on what to do with old seatbelts I bought at my local flea market… Don’t need a hammock? Try these pillows made from recycled seatbelts! Like TING pillows, m ...

DIY Dynamic Hand Powered Lamp!

by max on May 13th, 2009
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Here’s a nifty idea for future reading lamps, a dynamic hand-powered lamp that is completely driven by the energy generated by your hand, kinetic they call it. Really cool, great idea! Karin Johansson’s lamp is a wonderful and eco-friendly concept that uses the globe of the earth as your source of light and the kinetic energy of your hands as the source of power. A dynamo placed ...

Bike Hack - How to Make a USB Charger for your Bike!

by max on May 11th, 2009
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If you are like me, you are probably very familiar with bike lights that use the power of the pedal to keep your eye-sight bright when riding at night. Well, here’s a great idea that uses that same power, except to power your USB gadgets such as iPod, iPhone, or whatever. We initially theorized the development and feasibility of a regenerative braking system for use on bicycles. ...

Eco DIY - How to Make a Laptop Stand with your Shipping Box!

by max on May 11th, 2009
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When I buy new laptops, I usually save the box for the future but here’s how to make a laptop stand with it if you must. Did I mention it’s super easy to make? I originally found this idea at Thingiverse.com, where Erik Skiff whipped up a pretty cool acrylic stand. I didn’t have any acrylic and more importantly I didn’t have a lazer cutter make the cuts, so I did it on ca ...

Solar DIY - How to Make a Solar Powered Roof Gutter Water Barrel!

by max on May 6th, 2009
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Here in California, it’s freakin’ sunny as hell during the summer and in the winter, it rains like a mothufooko. Anyways, I’ve been working on my friend’s lawn and they have no lawn sprinkler nor do they want to spend the money on it. Every summer, that lawn gets dried up like crazy and I’ve always thought there’s gotta be a good way to re-use the ...