I recently ordered a refurbished Dell E1505, and I was bummed out that it didn’t come with Bluetooth. But it turns out that even if it didn’t have Bluetooth in its Build-To-Order configuration, you can add it after the fact. I posted a photo set that shows you how to do it. I’m pretty impressed […]
_tango writes – “I’ve been making some card holders from those free “paint chip” samples you get at home depot. A bunch of people asked me how to make it, and I finally made a quick photo DIY guide along with more images of the card holders. enjoy!” – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make […]
Shelly Hattan has created a knit pattern to make your own Captain Underpants , a popular kid’s book by Dave Pilkey. Link.
Westsw shows you how to control the speed of a small DC motor with nothing but the serial port on your computer, a single MOSFET, and DOS commands… – Link. More serial project for serial Makers: Control the Parallel (or Serial) Port with Python – Link. HOW TO – Make a Roomba Serial Interface – […]
_tango! says, “I’ve been making some card holders from those free “paint chip” samples you get at home depot. A bunch of people asked me how to make it, and I finally made a quick photo DIY guide along with more images of the card holders. enjoy!“ Link.
John really likes roller coasters, but didn’t want to wait in line, so he made “The Blue Flash”, a 180-foot long homemade coaster featuring a 360-degree loop – took about a year and cost about the same as taking the family to Disney… [via] – Link. Related: Homemade wooden coaster bike – Link. Roller coaster […]
I’ve known Jason Striegel for awhile now, I worked with him back in Minnesota during my time at Fallon worldwide as director of product development and later when he was writing with Engadget and Hack-a-Day and now he’s joining us in the Maker media group cooking up some fun posts and some other things we’re […]
