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Computer DIY - How to Build a PC!

by max on March 12th, 2009
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If you have been following Zedomax for quite awhile, you probably remember when my friend built a PC in 8 minutes. Well, here’s some more good DIYs on how to build a PC. Building a PC can be a daunting task for first timers while it’s a piece of cake for those who have done it before. Building a PC can be a daunting task. It takes research and patience. Rushing through a ...

Home DIY - How to Make a Cold Cathode Tube Night Light!

by max on February 20th, 2009
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Here’s an awesome DIY that shows you how to make these cold cathode tube night lights that will brighten up your room much better than that $1 night light you bought last week. The road to hacker prowess is paved in stillborn experiments and bloody pieces of failed projects. From these failures we learn patience, determination, how to cuss, and of course, what not to do. The foll ...

DIY HardDisk Christmas Tree!

by max on December 17th, 2008
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Check out this really cool DIY Harddisk Christmas tree. Of course, don’t forget about my Soju Christmas tree and the LED Christmas tree either. At our work we were decomissioning six old HP/Compaq servers to clear up space for new servers and, naturally, each server had a fairly large raid array. Instead of formatting every hard drive (would have taken weeks performing a DoD lev ...

DIY - How to Make Food Dehydrator!

by max on September 10th, 2008
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Yes, I did get a Food Dehydrator for Christmas present (and I did use it the other day to make some awesome apple chips) but for those of you who can’t even spend $20 on one, you can try out this DIY on how to make a food dehydrator. Of course, it’s not a complex concept as all the food dehydrator does is flow slightly-hot air through the food for couple hours to dry your fo ...

DIY Steampunk Tennis Rackets look more like Ping Pong Rackets!

by max on July 17th, 2008
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These DIY Steampunk Tennis Rackets do look more like ping pong rackets, don’t they? Regardless, you can learn how to make one here. The ball is made from a couple of carrier bags, so all in all this is a very nice little project that doesn’t require much in the way of special materials or equipment. Like with just about all my projects, a glue gun is very handy to make the p ...