ClosetMaid Hacking 05/12/2006 21st Century Decluttering sent in a ClosetMaid hack/mod – “Sometimes you just need to convert your clutter. I had several...
New can-do club wants to build better cell phone 05/12/2006 Mercury News on a new homebrew cell phone club – “A small band of tinkerers with that old Silicon Valley...
NYC 3D Prints using OGLE: OpenGLExtractor + Google Earth 05/12/2006 Using Google Earth and OGLE, 3D “prints” of buildings in NYC – “The 3D buildings OGLE’d from Google Earth are...
The Hilsch Vortex tube… 05/11/2006 Old Amateur Scientist article, might need to (re)make this to see if it really works – “With nothing more than...
HOW TO – Put your R/C car under computer control 05/11/2006 Prank’s Instructable on how to take any R/C car and control it with your computer – Link.
Antique Weather Clock 05/11/2006 Peter writes “I took an antique clock, and replaced the gearwork with a computer controlled servo, hooked it to the...
gdShutdown – Use Google calendar to shut down your PC 05/11/2006 This is sort of interesting, and useful for something (maybe) – it’s an app that uses Google Calendar and Google...
Fire Arts Exposition 05/11/2006 Bay Area Makers, MAKE will be at this event, hopefully filming! – “Experience this quintessentially San Francisco art experience, an...
DIY Solar Chimney & HVAC 05/11/2006 FrankG writes with his DIY HVAC for small greenhouse (part 2) assembled from scavanged parts – Link. Previous: Solar chimney...
Defiant Cycle Scooter-Kit 05/11/2006 Steve writes “Using a defiant frame, and Harley-Davidson running gear, you can build your own mega-scooter. Just add sheetmetal.” –...