Launch potato projectiles 200+ yards with this stun-gun triggered, high-powered potato cannon with see-thru action. (Good thing potatoes are biodegradable.) Here’s a PDF from MAKE volume 03. To get our PDFs sent to you automatically (and you have iTunes) Click this link and click SUBSCRIBE.
Do it yourslef plasma globe. The circuit in my homemade unit has driven a homemade globe quite well. It has also driven a store-bought globe extremely well. Add to the list Neon bulbs (I get trails in candle-flicker bulbs and calculator displays.), florescent tubes, Xenon flash tubes, and even normal light bulbs, etc. [via] PDF Link.
This is a great mod, who knew DELL could look so cool. In the world of modding OEM computers are something ugly. They aren’t the easiest to mod and the fact that thousand of people have an exactly same computer doesn’t make them more unique. But an experienced modder like me doesn’t get scared of those facts. Where people see impossibility I see a challenge. [via] Link.
Ben Bustard, 17, of Bucksport dismantles his Marshmallow Shooters booth Tuesday at the Bangor State Fair after he was informed that the cost of $1 million of liability insurance was more than he initially budgeted for. Bustard was selling Marshmallow Shooters, a type of blowgun made from PVC pipe that shoots small marshmallows, similar to the way a cork flies out of the end of a popgun. We have the HOW TO in MAKE volume 02. Link.
Everything needs to be rack-mounted. I don’t know what possessed me to build this other than the fact I have some fascination with rack mount gear. It’s my goal to rack mount ever nintendo console made. I used a Game Genie to interface with the main board on the Nintendo. Thoes extra IDE cables are good for something. Link.
Here’s a nice story about how someone fixed their own hard drive. I like how they documented the entire process from figuring out what type of screws to use to swapping out the parts from a new drive to the old one. Link.
There are few products more popular than the iPod—except when it comes to battery life. The batteries in early iPods fail after a time (300 to 500 charge/discharge cycles or about two to three years) and just won’t hold a charge. Even worse, there’s no easy way to change the batteries. Here’s how to replace it from Joe Grand! Link.
