DIY - How to Make Fakeout Stereo to Deter Thieves!

Here’s a cool instructables on how to make a fakeout stereo face to deter thieves from stealing your precious stereo face.
This faceplate is made using the original Delco radio/cassette tape player that came with the truck, some Velcro, and a lot of epoxy glue. I left half of a cassette sticking out of the tape player for added effect.
Additional Fake-Out Stereo DIYs
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DIY - How to Make your own Lunchbox Linux Firewall!

As an avid fan of Linux operating systems ever since I took Minix class, which Linux was born from, I love to hear about cool little DIYs on making a Linux firewall out of a lunch box.
The greatest thing about Linux operating systems in comparison to Windows or any other operating systems is that it can be easily custom tailored to do one thing whether that’s a web server, firewall, file server, or any type of server that requires stability at “no cost”.
This simple DIY shows us the things that are possible with open source and free software.
Heck, you could probably make a lot of money putting these Lunchbox Linux firewall boxes to production as they are as good as an over-priced Cisco router.
It’s a plastic Thermos brand Hot Wheels lunchbox circa 2007. Black plastic, white handle, but no Thermos inside. As soon as I saw it, I knew it would become a computer case, so I bought it, brought it home, and started digging in the parts box. Grabbed one of my Via C3 embedded 3.5″ boards, a cheap 4GB compact flash card, a small 5V, 8A power supply, and my exacto knife and files.
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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.
- DIY - How to Turn a Dell Laptop into a Digital Photo Frame!
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GOMY DIY - How to Make a Nintendo Wii Mario Kart Training Wheel!

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We decided to call DIYs like this GOMY DIYs. (Got too much time On My Hands DIY)
Neverthless, great idea, well executed in just couple pictures.
The Wii Wheel was supposed to make racing easy enough for anyone to jump right into a session of Mario Kart Wii with no prior experience with either traditional game controllers or the Wii Remote. When used properly, it works as expected. The trouble is that it’s not always used properly. Watching your parents try to get through Wario’s Gold Mine, you’ll notice that they’re sometimes holding the Wheel the wrong way, and it’s making them drive off the track into chasms of eternity. This observation led me to examine how Mario Kart Wii’s steering works and come up with a solution for keeping n00bs on track.
- GTOMH DIY - How to Make a Nintendo Wii Mario Kart Training Wheel!
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Goohack Launched! - Find DIYs, HowTos, Hacks, and more!

Goohack was just launched! It’s a search engine that uses Google API to search DIYs, HowTos, Hacks, and other technology stuff from hand-selected sites by me.
It’s pretty useful as it filters out a lot of sites you don’t consider DIY and HowTo related.
For example, type “how to run car on water” and you will get a LOT of focused DIYs and HOWTOs on that subject only.
For now, I have it up on the top right corner so next time you need to find a hack, you can try Goohack.
Here’s a list of sites included in Goohack searches right now:
zedomax.com | makezine.com | engadget.com | gizmodo.com | lifehacker.com | techeblog.com | wonderhowto.com | hackedgadgets.com | metacafe.com | youtube.com | videojug.com | boingboing.net | wikihow.com | instructables.com | evilmadscientist.com | hackaday.com | hackszine.com | craftzine.com | diylive.net | techdigest.tv | ubergizmo.com | getusb.info | youritronics.com | hardocp.com
If you have a similar niche site and would like to be added, let us know here.
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Maker Faire 2008!
Wow, Maker Faire was a lot bigger this year over at San Mateo Fairgrounds near where I used to work.
Anyways, it was a lot of fun watching some cool gizmos, DIYs, and makers but it’s really crowded this year.


Wow, this is great structure of woman!



Phew, there’s a lot of stuff. You can check out my Flickr over here for all the pictures I took today. I have couple videos I might have tomorrow so check back!
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DIY and HOWTO Speed Linking!
Sorry guys, today I am going to have to do some serious coding over at SiteHoppin.com for our new Beer Stock Market, but here’s a plethora of DIYs and HOWTOs you can check out until tomorrow:
Howto: Configure the Windows 2008 Server Core Screensaver Activation Period
DIY planetarium projectors & museum from Make
RipDev discovers how to activate iPhone Screen Shots
DIY Photoshop - Creating That Dave Hill Look
How to Avoid “The Six Deadly Sins of DIY Projects”
Howto migrate from Thunderbird to Evolution
Make a duct tape top hat - This one is cool.
DIY Flash Diffuser - Airline Barf Bags
HowTo: Install Firefox 3 Beta 4 in Debian
DIY macro ring lights from Make
If you got Firefox, simply select all the links above->right click->Open Links in New Tabs and enjoy!
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Christmas DIYs - Go make yourself one of Zedomax’s LED Christmas Tree!
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Wow, it’s been almost a year since we’ve made some Christmas DIYs. To bring them back to life, we are featuring it here again and well tell you to go make yourself one by following our directions here.
BTW, we are going to go buy a real Christmas tree this year. (Well it’s plastic but not LEDs…)




























