DIY $27 Outdoor Webcam Enclosure
Alek writes “So I wanted to put a webcam outside to provide imagery of my holiday lights – that’s a whole seperate story onto itself ;-) I ante’d up the big bucks for a decent wireless webcam (Dlink DCS-6620G), but cold weather enclosures all cost $500 or more – they include a heater and blower. So I ended up building my own using $27.34 of parts from Home Depot … and that include the 6″ sewer pipe and (free!) AOL CD cover – yea, no expense was spared on this puppy … but I’m hopeful it will withstand the upcoming Colorado winter”. Link.
Tea Vui Huang made an extremely useful app, I may need to dust off my CLIE! “Is an iTunes add-on for Sony Ericsson Walkman Phones, Sony Clie PDAs & Sony Ericsson P900/P910 Smartphones. Turns Sony devices into virtual “ROKR”! :)” 
Here’s an update on the iPod nano alarm clock dock…I’ve cannibalized a set of old Apple pro speakers, an extra iPod dock and an iPod speaker accessory meant for the iPod Shuffle. Right now it all works, it gets power and sounds out – next up is to make a cool looking clear enclosure and mount it on the wall, or hang it. Here are some pictures…
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… [
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”. 
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!”