Make a Secret Hollowed-out Book
John Park uses a Dremel oscillating tool to create a hollowed-out secret book safe/stash.
DIY Projects
MacBook tablet mod
Check out this clean MacBook tablet conversion by EnigmaPenguin. He’s re-used the case by cutting a hole large enough for the screen to show through and added a USB touch screen. The result is rather impressive for such a cheap mod.
Office chair from junked leather car seat
I like this idea from Ottawan Craig Reyenga, who bolted a nice leather car seat from a junkyard Volvo that he picked up for $15 into a rolling base to make his own computer chair.
Rebar bike frames
They’ve got to be heavy, and I can’t imagine how they might ride, but there’s no denying the post-apocalyptic awesomeness of sporting a bike you welded up yourself from a pile of rebar. Up top is a shot from the consistently-amusing-but-often-offensive There, I Fixed It, that got me Googling around for more….
How-To: LED embroidery
It’s Geek Crafts month on CRAFT, where we’ve re-released my LED Embroidery tutorial. Stitch a circuit with conductive thread to make a light-up wall hanging! There’s a video, PDF template, and, of course, step-by-step instructions. In the Maker Shed: LED Sewing Kit
DIY iPad live performance harness
Think Reactable from Björk’s Volta tour meets Revenge of the Nerds jam band meets a steel drum playing organ grinder. That about sums up this fabulous technobusker apparatus that’s sure to attract numerous patrons.
Coin floor inflation
A Seattle family exposed to the virulent penny floor meme has contracted a more expensive (and therefore probably less contagious) mutant strain that metabolizes nickels instead of pennies. I do like the different color effect this achieves, but by my math (and depending on how much space you leave between the coins) penny flooring costs between $2.50 and $3.00 per square foot, whereas nickel flooring costs four times as much ($10-$12). I did not bother to compute costs for quarter-, dime- (ouch), or Sacagawea dollar-flooring, on the assumption that no one would ever go there. But if they do, please, nobody tell me about it.