Jet powered Sinclair C5
Pleiadean Media has a ton of jet powered projects, here’s a jet powered Sinclair C5 – [via] Link.
Month: July 2007
Blueprint lamp shade
Clever project from Popular Mechanics 1954, a blueprint lampshade – Link. Related: Universal lamp shade polygon building kit – Link. HOW TO – Make a record lampshade – Link.
Use a vacuum cleaner to build your own skateboard
Gregorylavoie writes – This Instructable is a step by step description of the process of building a skateboard deck, which includes: making a bending mold, building a bag press, and squishing /cutting plywood into the shape of a skateboard. These instructions are for a specific board but are intended to be easily modified to make […]
Google Desktop for Linux (sorta)
Google Desktop is now available for Linux. Unfortunately, it’s not open source, and it’s about equivalent to version 1 for Windows, so it won’t provide all the extras like desktop gadgets. That said, it’s still a desktop alternative to find and grep, and you can search your Gmail while offline – Link
The other WebKit-powered phone(s)
Click To Play One of the iPhone’s strengths is the amazing web browser that it uses: Safari. Safari itself is based on an open source web browser called WebKit, and Nokia is also a huge fan of this software. They’ve embedded the browser into a number of their high-end phones. The video shown above is […]
Last Day of the Weekend – Subscribe to the Weekend Projects Podcast!
This weekend, the video takes you inside the dangerous world of power tool drag racing and the PDF will show you how to make your own! Get the video and PDF automatically by subscribing in itunes. – Link
Mind-boggling miniature painting contest
Gareth writes – A few years back, I got obsessed with sci-fi tabletop wargamming (namely, Warhammer 4000). I even ran a popular sci-fi game modeling site for a time. As part of covering the hobby (at least that’s what I told the taxman), I attended several Games Day conventions in Baltimore. I thought my painting […]