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Craigslist Hack – How to Turn an Old Cellphone into a Porsche!

Posted on July 21, 2010 by max

Here’s an interesting story about a 15-year old teen who kept trading his old cellphone with dirtbikes on Craigslist, eventually turning his initial cellphone into a Porsche!

Ortiz got “an old cell phone” from a friend, as reported by Jalopnik.com, and decided to go on Craigslist to try to barter it for a better phone. He managed to get an iPod Touch. This was the beginning of the chain…

– He traded the iPod Touch for a dirtbike

– He traded the dirtbike for another dirtbike

– He kept trading and upgrading dirtbike

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Router Hack – How to Turn Your Router into a Universal WiFi Repeater!

Posted on February 22, 2010 by max

Recently, my parent’s DSL modem died (after about 10 years of constant use) so I had to replace it with a Belkin router that also has a DSL modem integrated.   Well, now they are left with a useless Linksys router because the Belkin does both, acting as both a DSL modem and router.

I did have a Linksys WAP54G access point that I used as repeater for that Linksys router before but the repeater was never powerful enough to work well.  After doing some online research, I found that you can actually turn almost any router into a repeater if you install DD-WRT.  Most routers don

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Windows 7 DIY – How to Turn your Windows 7 Into a Router! [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Posted on February 3, 2010 by max

Connectify is a free Windows 7 software that lets you turn your Windows 7 into a WiFi hotspot.  Of course, there’s other more complicated ways of doing this but I think this is the simplest and since the software is free, this could be a great way to make your hotel wired internet into WiFi for everyone in your family.

Or if you have a spare computer and you “still” don’t have WiFi in your house, this could be a good option while also turning your spare computer into a network storage.

You might

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VHS DIY – How to Turn Old VHS into Spiral Notebook!

Posted on January 16, 2010 by max

I am sure if you have been around for awhile, you probably have a bunch of old VHS cases laying around.  Instead of leaving them for utter death, you should consider recycling them into covers for spiral notebooks as this one user on Instructable did. #REMAKE #SAVEEARTH

You can get just about anything flat spiral bound at copy stores or you could buy a machine to bind things yourself. But with the low cost of pre made notebooks and a do it yourself attitude I find it appropriate to take a pre-made notebook and replace the cover. This instructable will tell you how to do just

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Auto DIY – How to Turn Your Car into a Snow Car!

Posted on December 22, 2009 by max

Remember I had a blog post about the Subaru Trax Si, perhaps the fastest Snow car in the world?  Well it turns out that the company Mattracks actually makes the rubber track-conversion system for 4×4 vehicles, meaning Ken Block’s car isn’t nothing more than a Subarbu with a track-conversion system. (Sorry Ken!)

With these rubber track-conversion systems from Mattracks (although they are going to take a big bite out of your wallet, th

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iPhone DIY – How to Turn your iPhone into a Digital Frame!

Posted on November 11, 2009 by max

Here’s a really cool iPhone stand called AppStand that will fit your iPhone perfectly so you can turn it into a digital frame if you happen to get a new Android-based phone and need to keep your iPhone useful.  Available Dec. 1st 2009

Appstand for iPhone 3G & 3GS is here! Simply slide your iPhone into Appstand to get the most out of the tens of thousands of Apps available. With full access to button controls and ports, charging while in Appstand is effortless using the cord you a

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IKEA Hack – How to Turn a GORM into a Horizontal Bookshelf Bench!

Posted on November 5, 2009 by max

Here’s a good IKEA hack that shows you how to turn a GORM into a horizontal bookshelf bench.  I think there’s a ton of ways you can make IKEA furniture more useful and rather customized to your house.  I see too often that too many people have the same IKEA furniture where ever I go, another reason I stopped shopping at IKEA or hack it like this to differentiate my home furnishing.

As you probably just guessed, this Instructable will show you how to convert a Gorm shelving unit into a bookshelf bench. Wit

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