DIY Projects

After years of frustration and living with sub-par answering machines, I’ve finally decided to create my own. Sure, it sounds like a daunting task, but thanks to Mark Spencer of Digium, Inc. we now have a fantastic piece of software to work with called Asterisk. Asterisk is a complete PBX system and well known in the VoIP world. While it is admittedly overkill for the task of a simple answering machine, it met my goals… [via] Link.

Very cute and clever project over on Instructables – Otis writes “Tired of buying high-priced toys for your furry friend to chew on? make your own with an empty paper towel roll and some peanut butter”. Link.

John writes “Today I was given two drive blanks for an AS/400. Normally these would go right in the trash but I spotted an opportunity to build a handy orginizer for my far too cluttered desk. IKEA watch out!” Link.

Plasma televisions look great hanging on a wall without any visible wires, but they require a lot of wiring and effort to look that good. To install a plasma television using WireTracks, you must set up both the electrical and signal cables. [via] Link.

We’ll have something very cool with instructable soon, but for now – check this out. With a quick fork extension you can quickly build a great looking and fun to ride chopper. Thanks Land-o-Links! Link.

You can create a real-time GPS tracker using Google Maps API. Don’t worry about having a GPS device, you can emulate a garmin using GPSGate. Then later you purchase fancy gps devices and a JunxionBox…All with free software too. Link.