HOW TO make a Vacuum Form Table
Neat HOW TO from Ralis Kahn – Vacuum forming is simply heating up sheets of plastic until they are soft and stretchy then placing it over a positive form and using a vacuum to suck the plastic tightly onto the form. I have gotten very good detail with my machine, even pore texture from life casts! I had seen more elaborate machines with tanks, vacuum pumps, check valves etc. I just wanted to test the process and it worked so well that I have been using it ever since. [via] Link.
For the closet beer geek in all of us, ProMash allows a brewer to virtually brew a recipe before ever setting foot in the home or professional brewery. It frees the user from the tedious “carry the 1” calculations that abound in the brewing process and helps you keep track of the history of a beer as it develops over time. Updates are provided yearly, free of charge to registered owners.

How to make a nice pair of halogen bicycle headlamps using only materials available at Home Depot…a 20 watt low beam and a 50 watt high beam with MR16 Halogen Spot bulbs. Note: Floods don’t give you enough range at speed and you want to get the bulbs that have a flat piece of glass at the front. Thanks Jake!
Home made remote control for a Canon Xt. to control AF/AE and shutter release and toggle switch, which can be used to latch AF/AE. Photo
...put a couple FAQs and walk-through guides on the PSP so you could use it as a hand held reference when you are playing other game systems or if you are between PSP games. It makes things much easier now that you can read normal HTML text and image files instead of having to convert everything to an JPEG file. [
Merging his interests in physical computing and electronic music, artist and composer Tristan Perich will give a presentation on his recent project, One Bit Music. Electronics programmed and packaged in a standard CD jewel case by Perich play minimal glitch/dance music when headphones are plugged in. The device is meant to fit into the standard album-based method of music distribution: you will find it along other CDs in a record store and it has different tracks; it will be released by Cantaloupe Music in the upcoming months. [