$50 paint job
Here’s how to paint a car for $50 using Rustoleum and foam rollers… – [via] Link.
Month: July 2007
Shed of the year winner
The winner of Shed of the Year 2007 announced on the 4th July was a Roman Temple Shed, built by Tony in Berkshire U.K, featuring – Roman window bars / Amphora / Grape lights / Blue LED mood lighting / Alarm and CCTV / Roman cushions / Interior mural panels / Mosaic table / Two […]
HOW TO – Make bike gear windchimes
Offspringin writes – Make your own unique windchime out of bike gears. Of course you can use any bike parts you want but the varying sizes of the gears produce different ringing sounds in the wind. You can use your imagination and come up with whatever you want. Paint, no paint, change the size, change […]
DRO-350
Kit for reading digital scales usually found on eBay (and later for use with a mill)… The DRO-350 is a three-axis digital read-out (DRO) for import Chinese scales and most quadrature encoders that is designed to be as capable as commercial DROs but be a low cost alternative for the metal-working hobbyist. The DRO-350 is […]
Nerd Salon at 111 Minna Gallery (Tuesday, July 10, 2007)
Nerd Salon is coming up soon, mark your calendars if you’re in the Bay area… WHEN: Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 6 PM – 9:30 PM WHERE: 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco (111 Minna St.) The circuit board stylings of Matt Ettus (www.ettus.com), who will be doing a live demo of GNU Radio, the open source […]
Pocket PC iPhone conversion
Call it superficial, but you can really help your Pocket PC’s self esteem by giving it a face lift. It’s still Windows Mobile on the inside, so most of your apps will look and function as before, but a few free downloads will get you home screen and dialpad themes, an iPhone-like contacts list, and […]
NES-style Hydra LEGO casemod
Hydra creator Andre Lamothe sent in this cool link: Michael Zinn posted a gallery of a cool Hydra casemod that combines LEGOs with an NES design. You can read more about it in the Parallax forums Related Hydra console game development kit – Link Make Volume 10 article on the Propeller Chip – Link