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The Great Pumpkin mod

The Great Pumpkin mod

Check out Russ’s awesome pumpkin PC case complete with flickering lights, tombstone and spider themed keyboard/mouse! [via] – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending on […]

ThinkSafe: A Magnetic Power Connector for Thinkpads (DIY Apple power connector!)

ThinkSafe: A Magnetic Power Connector for Thinkpads (DIY Apple power connector!)

Outstanding, here’s a DIY version of those fancy magnetic Apple power connectors, Breath writes – “My Thinkpad’s power connection started getting flaky, so I made a magnetic connector that works just like Apple’s MagSafe connectors. It’s effective, cool-looking, and breaks away cleanly when kicked. I used common materials that I had around or could find […]

Autorange capacitance meter

Autorange capacitance meter

Here’s how to make a DIY capacitance meter (it measures capacitors) E=MNC writes – “Finally, I managed to persuade myself to make a really powerful capacitance meter. This is an autoranged version, which means one does not need to adjust the range settings. Furthermore, the measuring range is quite large, from 5pF all the way […]