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Do you have a lot of pretty little birds in your yard?  Then, you might want to consider building your birds their own birdhouse to live in and breed.

So bring some modernism to your house, whatever its era, by creating a home for your native avian population by building a mid-century birdhouse. I’ve included my measurements and process here, but feel free to model yours after architecture you love. And don’t worry if you don’t have a full collection of woodworking tools (I don’t either…) You can build a birdhouse with any handsaw, an electric drill, and glue. Or, you can borrow tools from a local tool lending library or have the employees at your local lumberyard or home center make the cuts for you.

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Here’s a cool solar powered called, Hyperbike, that is very solar-efficient.

Hyperbike was presented in Vienna at the Forschungsforum chaired by the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology. The following video features the show bike, where the solar panel charges the supercaps. Measurements have validated that 8 supercaps (EDLC) with only 176 grams are sufficient to accelerate from still stand.

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You know I ran into this post today, it’s a Ford Bronco PC. Well, the first thing it reminded me was OJ Simpson. Weird what the media could do to your mind. I try to stay off TV and any real news these days for that reason. Maybe one day I will buy my own island and live there with a dog and a cool boat.

Anyways, check out the Ford Bronco PC, all custom built from scratch, lovin’ the pics.

I started with the idea of an mp3 player for my garage because all my CD’s were getting scratched and dirty. At the time (Jan. 2004) I was planning an upgrade to my gaming computer and figured I would have extra parts left over. So I tried thinking of something that would ”fit in” in a garage setting. Since I had recently finished working on my ‘69 Ford Bronco, I decided that would make a cool looking computer case and began taking measurements of the Bronco and major computer parts to find a scale that would work well. I found that 1/5th scale worked great. I also wanted it to be self contained and compact as possible and still use desktop components.

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Bring a touch of the eighties to your hi tech home.

“Sealed Enclosure: 3 Cu. Feet
Driver Diameter: 15″, Aluminium Cone
Outer Enclosure: 3/4″ MDF Shell with 3/4″ MDF ’tiles’ overlaying it, forming the Rubik’s Squares
Reinforcement: 1 Y/Z-Axis piece of 3/4″ MDF, cut to allow driver. 1 X/Y-Axis piece of 3/4″ MDF, cut to allow driver and Plate Amp. 1 Z-Axis piece of 3/4″ MDF, cut to allow Driver. 1 full piece of 1/2″ MDF at top. 1 Cut piece of 3/4″ MDF on bottom.
Total Box measurements: 20.75″ Wide, 20.75″ Tall, 20.75″ Long
Tile size: Face: 7.5″ X 7.5″, Cube: 7.5″ X 7.5″ X 7.5″
Total Measurements: 22.5″ Wide, 25.5″ Tall (w/ 3″ feet), 22.5″ Long
Total Weight w/o Speaker, wiring, Poly-fil, Amplifier: ~98 lbs.
Total Weight: ~144 lbs.

This is a pretty cool idea that looks really stylish.

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Wow, check out this cool Rubiks cube Subwoofer!  I wish I had one…  It seems like this guy has all the plans and everything so next time you need to hide your new sound system from your lover or somethin’…there’s ya go.

If you are wanting to add some bass to your home theater why build a Huge Rubik’s Cube Subwoofer! It isn’t as big as this gigantic subwoofer but it looks a lot more fun.

“Sealed Enclosure: 3 Cu. Feet
Driver Diameter: 15″, Aluminum Cone
Outer Enclosure: 3/4″ MDF Shell with 3/4″ MDF ’tiles’ overlaying it, forming the Rubik’s Squares
Reinforcement: 1 Y/Z-Axis piece of 3/4″ MDF, cut to allow driver. 1 X/Y-Axis piece of 3/4″ MDF, cut to allow driver and Plate Amp. 1 Z-Axis piece of 3/4″ MDF, cut to allow Driver. 1 full piece of 1/2″ MDF at top. 1 Cut piece of 3/4″ MDF on bottom.
Total Box measurements: 20.75″ Wide, 20.75″ Tall, 20.75″ Long
Tile size: Face: 7.5″ X 7.5″, Cube: 7.5″ X 7.5″ X 7.5″
Total Measurements: 22.5″ Wide, 25.5″ Tall (w/ 3″ feet), 22.5″ Long
Total Weight w/o Speaker, wiring, Poly-fil, Amplifier: ~98 lbs.
Total Weight: ~144 lbs.

It’s a beast, I must say, but before we begin how about some background information? My current system utilizes 2 Paradigm v3.0 Studio 100s (fronts), 1 CC-590 center, and 2 Studio 20s for 5.1 surrounds. Driving all that is an NAD T773, biamped with 2 NAD C272s for the fronts and discrete 7.1 inputs biamping the 20s - Long live the Canadian sound! Likewise, when I finally moved into my new apartment with space for a television (that’s a luxury in Boston) I wanted the extra kick for DVDs - what HT is complete without a sub? I’ll admit I’m a bit of a purest and can’t stomach the thought of attaching an external sub to my stereo so my search began for something that could rock the 60hz range in movies but neither force me to rewire every time I want to play a CD…

Being a huge fan of my Paradigms, I naturally went to the accompanying model for my Studio 100s - the Direct Servo 15. Despite making a great sub, I also played around with the option I eventually went with - making one. Reasons for this were two-fold - I hadn’t taken on any art pieces in a while and just having dropped first, last, security, etc for the new place I didn’t want to make a large purchase (insert your Alanis Joke here). Long story short, I chose to go with a Rythmik Audio Servo-15. One visit to Rythmik Audio’s website and you can see that these guys aren’t messing around.

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