Brian writes – “This afternoon I’ve got a how-to for you. The garden blogs have been commenting on, and I’ve been scouring out pricing for, the Topsy-Turvy Upside Down Tomato Planter. For those of you who haven’t seen this, it is a “system” for growing tomatoes, or any other plant really, in a hanging upside […]
Here’s how to make a pretty low cost, but impressive, homemade projector – [via] – Link.
Retro gear in Japan is safe for now – “Responding to an outcry from dealers in used goods and musicians, the government said Friday it will relax regulations on trade in noncertified used electrical items that were set to take effect April 1. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry backed off from its earlier […]
Michiel writes – “GPS Visualizer allows you to upload from GPX, OziExplorer, Geocaching.com (.loc), IGC sailplane logs, Garmin Forerunner (.xml/.hst), Timex Trainer (v1.3+), Cetus GPS, PathAway, cotoGPS, CompeGPS, TomTom (.pgl), IGN Rando (.rdn), Emtac Trine, Suunto X9/X9i (.sdf), NetStumbler/WiFiFoFum, and of course tab-delimited or comma-separated text. (phew) The outputs are GPS SVG, JPEG/PNG, and Google […]
Nak writes – “How to get a nice/free winding station set up for a medium to large sized secondary coil.” – Link. Related: How to make Tesla coils and more – Link.
Here’s an oldie, but goodie, make your own generator – “The key to this design is that it will require a horizontal shaft motor, which can be found on old drum style lawnmowers, roto-tillers, and lawn edgers. The most common motor size you will find on the used market will be a 3 or 3.5 […]
Bball writes – “Lots of folks lately are interested in PC case mods with plexiglass windows, fancy 5″ bay gear, interior LED lighting, and custom fan grills. I think it’s great – anything to get away from the blah-PC. I have a number of computers in the house (too many, actually), but I recently spent […]
