A True Geek’s Keychain Rack
Check out this rather clever Instructable by harari, who used RJ-45 plugs and jacks to create a wonderfully geeky wall-mounted key organization system. [via Lifehacker]
Imaging
How-To: Full Tang Cord Handle Wrap
There are lots of great Paracord projects over on Instructables, and we’ve featured quite a few of them here before (see below), but this one from Harlan Whitman caught my eye, both because of the great job Harlan does presenting the technique, and because of the great-looking results he gets on this camp axe, which he made himself.
How-To: Simple Electro-Etching for Knife Blades
A bit of nail polish, a container of salt water, a 9V battery, a Q-tip, and some alligator leads. That’s pretty much it. Easy, inexpensive process from Instructables user lasersage appears to give impressive results.
Award Winning Scientific Visualizations
In July, the US Department of Energy hosted its annual Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC 2011) conference in Denver, CO. Among the programmed events was a “Visualization Night” in which a three-person jury, and members of the audience at large, voted to determine the best of 23 submitted scientific visualization videos.
How-to: Herb Graveyard
This ghoulishly pragmatic Herb Graveyard project was posted on Instructables by an author who goes by, PenfoldPlant. This is a simple, if slightly morbid, way to make use of the patches of soil that are visible before your herbs have sprouted. It also provides attractive labels for the herbs once they are fully grown. Well, […]
Punchlines by QR Code
Oh my. Now here’s a street meme I can endorse 100%. From Instructables QA engineer Frenzy, posted as a “test.” I’m not sure he understands the full magnitude of what he has done.
Versatile Lasercut Turtle Robot Platform
Doug Fennell of Horn Lake, Mississippi, just sent us a link to this good-looking two-wheeled coasterbot-style “puck” ‘bot chassis he designed to be laser-cut from 4mm acryli
