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				Sean Michael Ragan
				I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates.  Also, I went to college and stuff.  I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.
 											 
			 
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                    12/18/2012
                    
                        Need a bright surface for your projector? Get high gain at low cost using house paint and sandblasting beads. 
                     
                 
            
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    12/18/2012
                    
                        This project is derived from LifeHacker alum Jason Fitzpatrick’s improvised clean/dirty dishes indicator, which uses the same CD + suction... 
                     
                 
            
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    12/18/2012
                    
                        What do you do with the toilet brush right after you use it? Hang it up? Lay it in the... 
                     
                 
            
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    12/18/2012
                    
                        OK, so it’s not, actually. Bulletproof, that is. But with 3/32″ aluminum sheet covers, nickel-plated steel piano hinges, and all-riveted... 
                     
                 
            
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    12/18/2012
                    
                        If you should find yourself in need of small volumes of gas at about atmospheric pressure for a reaction or... 
                     
                 
            
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    12/18/2012
                    
                        These stick-on CD/DVD hubs are marketed to publishers who want to include an optical disc in a book, card, folder,... 
                     
                 
            
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    12/18/2012
                    
                        Shown here is a simple method for A) removing a stay tab from a soda can with the rivet-ring intact,... 
                     
                 
            
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    12/18/2012
                    
                        My Kinect is a very cool toy, but it was not lost on me, as I was plugging it in,... 
                     
                 
            
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    12/18/2012
                    
                        Although it sounds like some kind of euphemism from Brave New World, a “pneumatic trough” is actually a very handy... 
                     
                 
            
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    12/18/2012
                    
                        My previous tutorial shows how to construct a simple sheet metal “bridge,” which, in combination with an ice cube bucket... 
                     
                 
            
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