For travel, you might want to make one of these camera flash diffusers out of an old cigarette box. For other big projects, you might want to learn how to make a large camera flash diffuser as outlined in SteamPunkWorkShop.com here.
Btw, my Canon 7d DSLR should be here next week, can’t wait to get m
Does your dog live outside the house and temperatures get so hot that it might scorch your furry loved one? Do not worry as this DIY shows you how to make an air-conditioned dog house from scratch. I think this may be a great idea for other things such as a kid’s tree house.
Of course, also take a look at how to make an air conditioner, that might save you additional money
My grandmother has alzheimer’s, she probably can’t remember me by now (which is very sad indeed) but for those of you lucky enough to have grandparents that have not reached that stage yet they have hard time using their hands or simply remembering numbers, you might want to consider making them one of these cool DIY auto-dial telephone’s for their birthday or any other special occasion.
Of course, don’t forget, you can also
Thinking about building yourself one of these cool Vacuum Tube Lamps? I think these are more artistic than anything. Who cares how it works, it “looks” great. I WANT ONE!
The basic circuits are rather similar, but the new project has a number of differences. Most notably it is easier and less costly to build. The rather large output transformers used in the original project have been replaced by ones that are considerably less weighty and less costly. This alone makes for a $40
For those of you like me who often resort to using netbooks for short travels, you might be interested to know that you can build yourself one of these neat DIY netbook stands using some IKEA parts.
As for me, I don’t really like 45 degree angle stands as I like my netbooks flat but this might come to be very helpful for some of you who really need it for long-term netbooking.
I just found this cool netbook/nettop hack on how to make your HD videos play flawlessly on Amazon, this might work well for my Eee PC as my Youtube videos lag badly.
Can be frustrating, but there is a solution:
> Deactivate deblocking filter on all the codecs that support it (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC)
How ?
Install klite codec pack, and at the end of the setup, choose deactivate deblocking.
If you u
Here’s a great way to make yourself an open-source XMBC media center for your HDTV using an Acer AspireRevo. If you’ve been downloading thousands of bittorrents or simply have a large collection, having a media center might be a great idea so you can stream them to your HDTV easily.
In the spirit of our Winter Upgrades theme this wee
Suffering from bad WiFi and insecure connections at your hotel?
Get this awesome mini WiFi router that will instantly turn any hotel’s WiFi spot into a secure, strong Wireless N network. Not only does it fit in your pocket, this is practical especially if you happen to at those hotels that only provide wired ethernet connections.
The Mini 300Mbps Wireless N Travel Router is a remarkable 2.5″ wide by 3.25″ long by 0.75″ high (6.4 x 8.2 x 1.9cm). It has a reset button,
I am a caffeine addict and I am always looking for some simple gadgets such as this Aeropress Coffee Maker that can make great single cups of coffee. I actually don’t like using big coffee machines that makes loads of coffee because simply, coffee doesn’t taste as good when brewed in large quantity.
The Aeropress Coffee Maker solves all my problems, I can make fresh “single” cups of coffee whenever I want instead of loading myself on non-pure coffee made from large coffe
Here’s a quickie for those of you looking to have some mini DV cases laying around, just flip your mini DV case backwards and voila, you have a perfectly fine iPhone stand. (or for any other smartphone) via gearfuse
Creator Elam Nikserof added a coat of satin enamel paint and cut out a notch out of the case so he could still access the iPhone’s home button.
