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Time Lapse Video of How to Build a Race Car in 22 Hours!

Posted on October 5, 2009 by max

Here’s an incredible (worth-watching) time-lapse video that shows you how to build an Acura racecar in under 22 hours, WOW. – link

If these guys worked in real car factories, we’d probably have a very efficient factory for sure.

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Cooler DIY – How to Add a Ball Controllable Valve on your Cooler!

Posted on October 5, 2009 by max
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For those of you who own a lot of coolers like me, you know how valuable they are on outdoor trips.  Personally, I like taking my coolers virtually everywhere including my favorite spot on the beach.  Now, if you want to modify your cooler so draining water is easier or perhaps you simply want to use it as a big water bottle  for soccer games, you might want to check out this DIY on how to install a valve on a Coleman cooler. –

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Football DIY – How to Throw a Football!

Posted on October 2, 2009 by max
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I will admit that I can hit the golf ball 300+ yards easily but throwing a football?  That’s simply not my best skills but here’s how to throw a football.

A) Cock shoulders back while raising ball two to three inches. B) Drop non-throwing hand from ball to chest level. C) Release throwing arm into forward motion. D) While throwing arm is In forward motion, raise ball above head. E) While completing step two, three, and four, step forward with leg opposite of throwing hand toward

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Halloween DIY – How to Make PacMan Costume!

Posted on October 2, 2009 by max
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Make has a great tutorial on how to make your own PacMan costume.  Of course, this will probably not get you any chicks so just a word of warning before you wear this to the club party.

For an 80s-themed Halloween party, I wanted a costume that was unique, incorporated technology, and would be fun for fellow partygoers. I’d been toying with the idea of making a mini arcade machine for my game room, so I decided to come up with one that I could also wear as my costume. What follows is a guide to making your own wearable Pac-Man that guarantees you’ll be the life of the co

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HDTV Hack – How to Hack HDCP!

Posted on October 1, 2009 by max

Here’s some great news for all of you who have bought new HDTVs equipped with HDCP.   I guess it only takes some soldering to bypass the HDCP switch.  WOW, the engineers who thought of HDCP are really stupid, really…

[GRitchie] found that his new TV with “InstaPort” Fast HDMI Switching didn’t perform this re-encryption step between the set’s internal switcher and the next stage in de

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Halloween DIY – How to Make Zelda Costume!

Posted on October 1, 2009 by max
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Halloween is around the corner and Zelda is probably one of the oldest games around. (a fun costume to make)

Here’s how to make your Zelda costume for this Halloween for your kids.  (or your kids can make it themselves too.)

Enjoy~

This will be a tutorial on making your very own Link costume from the Legend of Zelda game. This will assure your child gets cult nerd status on Halloween night as we learned when we went trick or treating.

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Home DIY – How to Make High Volume Rain Water Barrel!

Posted on October 1, 2009 by max
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I guess it’s actually “illegal” in the state of Colorado to collect rain water but for those of you living elsewhere, you can learn how to make high volume rain water barrel.  This could be a great way to have reserve water for your plants and whatnot.  Besides recycling natural water, you will cut down on your bills too.

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Food Hack – How to Make FBI (Fried Banana Ice Cream)!

Posted on October 1, 2009 by max

One of my favorite deserts is FBI (Fried Banana Ice Cream) at Thai restaurants.  I guess all Thai people call it “FBI”, like the other FBI.  Cool…

Anyways, I don’t know how to make it myself but here’s a site that shows you how to make it.

Also, there’s a new instructable on how to make regular fried ice cream too.

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Job Hack – How to Get a Job with an Artistic Resume!

Posted on September 30, 2009 by max
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WebDesignerDepot just posted some of the world’s most artistic resumes I have EVER SEEN such as my favorite below.

Perhaps, these are perfect examples of people who think out of the box and I’d probably hire them.  

This goes to show how much work you can actually do for a company before even you start a job.  

Especially if you are planning to be hired as a graphic designer or something similar along those lines, this is a super, great idea where you c

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Linux Hack – How to Install Linux on ZipIt!

Posted on September 30, 2009 by max

ZipIt is a WiFi IM device but here’s Hunter Davis who has hacked it to run linux. (via make, hackaday)  This is definitely very interesting and might be a good unit to study linux on instead of breaking bank on a real computer.

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