Incredible DIY boombox, watch the video! Feast your eyes on the result of weeks of work using the various remains of over a dozen cars — from 80’s BMW’s to a 1990 Toyota Tercel — it’s the glorious Turbo II Junkyard Boogaloo boombox. Ninety-two pounds of plywood and car parts joined together as an homage […]
This site called “Your Ugly Mailbox” collects photos of mailboxes, some ugly I suppose, but I really like them – [via] Link.
Richard writes in- I’ve always been interested in sterling engines and how just by a temperature gradient work could be done. This is attractive technology since anything that produces heat (solar death ray) can be converted into other forms of energy ie. acoustical or electrical. While doing research on the subject, I was intrigued by […]
Fun way to camp out in urban areas with this car shaped tent – [via] Link.
Keeping with today’s steam theme, Tom Hudson made an “in home steam-powered information processing device” – A complex construction of mechanical linkages, gears and rods, upholstered in green velvet. The logics within are based on that of the original difference engine, avoiding the issues one is faced with when using modern impostors. The logics are […]
Here’s a stunning knife/fork/spoon table called “Precious Famine” from objection design – [via] Link & table. Related: Spoon Bracelet – Link. Spoon art – Link.
Rob, one of my favorite makers is constructing a giant solar death ray, he writes… Oh man. I got my hands on a satellite dish, and soon I’ll have a free source of 13,000 watts of power! Longtime readers of Cockeyed.com will probably remember that I’ve tried this before. Inspired by the island episode of […]
