HOW TO – Make a “Chicken Moat”
Lower the drawbridge! Build your own chicken moat. Surround your veggie garden with a moat full of hungry chickens ready to eat bad bugs and protect your garden [via] Link.
DIY Projects
HOW TO – Make the continents on a big metal globe
Hal writes – “I’ve written an article about how to make the continents on a big metal globe. I suppose the interesting part is getting data imported from NOAA and then turning it into vectors so you can cut it out.” Link.
Encrypt your text files…
I store most of my important stuff in a series of text files, always have, and likely always will – on my Windows machine I’ve been trying this out – “Steganos LockNote will change the way you work with confidential notes. Application and document in one: the mechanism to encrypt and decrypt a note is […]
Mythbusters in LEGO
Kyle writes in about some new LEGO peeps – the Mythbusters! Link. The Mythbusters will be at the Maker Faire, April 22nd and 23rd – Link.
Maker Faire – Fancy Knots
Here’s a cool Maker that will be at the Maker Faire – See amazing knotwork as its being created! Learn more about fancy knotwork for both decorative and practical applications. Get your hands on some rope and learn a few tricks! Tim Allwine (the Maker) was the rigger on the Balclutha, a 1886 square-rigger restored […]
HOW TO – Make a Canon Digital Elph extended battery
Here’s how to make make your own digital camera battery adapter for the Canon Elph – Thanks Buffy! Link.
HOW TO – Build your own cockpit
Here’s “a nice collection of articles dealing with building your own cockpit, rudders, and any other stuff to enhance your computer simulation experience.” Link. Pictured here, Let’s Rumble by Craig Engler in DIY: Home Entertainment. Hack your couch to give you a kick in the pants: attach bass shakers to your furniture to round out […]