Next Stop: Arts and Crafts and Bike Pin-Ups Make Great Gifts
2009-11-19 19:00:00 Looking for something perfect, reasonable, and unique? This is your weekend. Friday, the School of the Art Institute hosts its annual Holiday Art Sale: in addition to having a wide and varied selection of all types of art, the artists receive a large portion of their sales. The DIY Trunk Show runs from 10am-5pm Saturday at Pulaski Park Auditorium (1419 W. Blackhawk). Head here for a list of vendors, and further information. But wait, there's more! Backpedal to Friday and head to Mars Gallery (1139 W. Fulton Market) for an opening centered on Thought You Knew's calendar, featuring pretty people on pretty awesome bikes. Yeah!...
Stroller DIY ? How to Make Stroller Handle for your Toddler!
2009-11-14 01:53:00 Check out this cool little DIY stroller handle you can make for your toddler so he/she can grab while you push your stroller for “the other” baby. Btw, everyone has been telling my friend about the Maclaren Stroller recall where it has been apparently cutting toddler’s fingers off. (Recall here) Attach something to the stroller for your ...
Does grass make it green?
2009-11-12 15:00:00 Computers and accessories are not really ever going to be green, they use all sorts of plastics, metals, the components have travel all around the world, and then there is the amount of power consumed by the device. However, it seems that the artist Hanaoka from Japan has found the answer, you do not change the ...
Network DIY ? How to Make an RJ-45 Ethernet Cable Tester!
2009-11-12 00:14:00 As a self-claimed network technician, I did a whole 5,000 square foot building with Ethernet Cat-6 cables almost 8 years ago. Well, since then I am glad I never had to use an ethernet cable tester but for those of you looking to save some money on this RJ-45 cable tester, you can make your ...
Couple DIY ? How to Make a Baby!
2009-11-11 23:01:00 The next time your yet-to-be-teenager child asks you how human beings make babies, you might want to show him/her this video illustrating how to make a baby by blowing air through the partner’s finger. Genius! Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Brought to you by: Zedomax.com Couple DIY ...
Yes, You Can Make Money Buying Blood Sugar Meters. Should You?
2009-11-11 20:07:00 This week Bayer meters used by diabetics to measure blood sugar are a $5 moneymaker at Walgreens. Reader Tracy asked me to explain how this works, and I will. I'll follow the walk-through with a little discussion about whether it's ethical to make money buying this kind of item.
LED Hack ? How to Make (Google)Voice Activated LED Signs!
2009-11-11 03:07:00 Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a really cool hack that uses GoogleVoice to translate voice into words and to his LED sign. This should save a lot of time anytime you want to change the message on your LED sign. Brilliant! I made the LED ...
Recession Hack ? How to Sue and Make Money from Evil Telemarketers!
2009-11-11 02:00:00 Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember I did a blog post on how to shut down telemarketers? Well, I found out there’s actually a way you can “sue” and make money from those evil telemarketers who don’t comply to the U.S. law. (probably won’t work ...
Bag Hack ? How to Make a Dance Revolution Recycled Bag!
2009-11-10 20:18:00 Have a one of these dance revolution pads lying around? Well, you can get a bit creative and make one of these bloody Dance Revolution Recycled Bags! (Did I say bloody? Awesome I meant really…) I am not a sewing expert but if I were, my girlfriend would get a lot of great recycled handbags like ...
Make your own hologram
2009-11-10 14:41:00 This is so Star Trek, and yet it is a kit that you buy and it comes with everything that you need. But surely, that cannot be right so let us have a look. You get a laser diode so care is needed there, but it really looks as if it is possible to produce a ...
Multi-Touch DIY ? How to Make your Own Multi-Touch Table!
2009-11-10 06:59:00 Here’s a rather cool DIY interactive Multi-touch display project that you can learn to make also. I like this multi-touch project as the display is actually not LCD but a projected screen on a whiteboard. This rules as I think projected LCDs are slightly more safer for child use, spills, and whatnot. Also, don’t forget about Ideum’s ...
Time to make a deposit in the Harris bank
2009-11-10 05:40:00 The Bears are horrible, but they beat the Steelers. Kyle Orton threw two interceptions in a loss tonight to the Steelers in Denver. Time to stop hallucinating about Orton being better than Cutler. But here's something to blow your mind with. Tommie Harris deserves a raise. You might call it a benching and an ejection in the last two blowout losses, but if Harris had Scott Boras as an agent he'd call those two absences a de facto holdout, one in which Harris has proven his worth. The Bears don't even belong on the same field as the other team when Harris isn't on the field....
Golf DIY ? How to Make Kid?s Golf Clubs!
2009-11-09 23:40:00 Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of making couple kid’s clubs, all custom-fitted to fit one of my friend’s daughters. You see, the golfing world still doesn’t make enough different sizes for golfers under 5 years of age. Meaning the only way to get your kids to play golf early in life is to ...
Beer DIY ? How to Make Massive DIY Wort Cooler!
2009-11-09 19:36:00 Making your own brew of beers will take some cooling with the use of a wort cooler.(I think) This home brewer has built his own MASSIVE DIY Wort Cooler, this might be indeed useful for those of you who like to tinker. A 5 meter length of pipe is filled with dry sand, This is tamped down ...
Fashion DIY ? How to Make Nuts and Bolts Necklace!
2009-11-09 19:00:00 It seems like designers all over the world are implementing more brick and mortar hardware parts to their jewelry designs. Well, here’s how to make one of those, using a vast array of nuts and bolts. This might look actually look pretty good on you ladies. Basically, in order to make this necklace, I purchased from ...
Make your own Tesla Coil
2009-11-09 16:00:00 Anyone who been to science class will what a Tesla Coil is and if you don?t you soon will, check out this video, it run for five minutes but it?s well worth it. It follows the work of Daniel Eindhoven from megavolts.nl and as you have seen, it is pretty cool. Source [Hacked Gadgets] ? http://www.megavolts.nl/index.p-hp/en/projects/hoogspanning/127--transparante-mini-dc-teslacoil- Brought to you by: ...
Trying To Make Sense Of The Fort Hood Mass Murder Tragedy?
2009-11-06 04:56:00 Question: Who Can Explain This Senseless Gundown Of So Many Of Our Nation’s Finest By Someone Supposed To Be Within That Same Fold? ANSWER: You can’t. As I watched this tragedy unfold on Fox News (yep — Fox, can you believe it?) today, and it became apparent the murdering bastard... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Food Hack ? How to Make Turkey Gravy!
2009-11-05 19:54:00 Thanksgiving holiday is around the corner and you might want to learn how to make turkey gravy so your turkey will have some nice zesty sauce to go along with. Of course, don’t forget to make some turkey stuffing too! via chow Also see these YouTube videos that show you how to make Turkey Gravy! Download latest version ...
Photography Hack ? How to Make a Flash Diffuser with Old Film Canister!
2009-11-05 01:57:00 For those of you who want to need a flash diffuser without spending a lot of money plus ability to add unlimited number of color filters to your DSLR camera, there is a simple photography hack, simply cut out an old film canister and fill it with your favorite colors for filtering! Want to diffuse the ...
X-Men Hack ? How to Make a Handheld Flame Thrower!
2009-11-04 20:39:00 Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this awesome hack that involves a handheld flame thrower. There’s some schematics and build details here. The X-men-like handheld flame thrower uses hand gestures to control the amount of flame you want. I think this is way cool ...
Bike Hack ? How to Make Bike Handlebar Brake Lights!
2009-11-04 11:20:00 Why do bike manufacturers still have no factory-default brake lights? Well, that’s probably too much added cost but for those of you who with some hacking skills, you might want to consider “hacking” one of these awesome bike handlebar brake lights into your bike bars. Group riding would be much safer if bikes had brake ...
Lock Hack ? How to Make a ?Secret Knock? Detecting Door Lock!
2009-11-04 03:30:00 Here’s an awesome lock hack that uses Arduino to create a door lock that can detect your “secret knocks” to open the door. I like everything except that people might be able to hide nearby and hear your “secret knock”. Regardless of practicality, this is a really awesome hack, perhaps the best door lock hack ...
Photography DIY ? How to Make a Medium Format Camera!
2009-11-03 19:35:00 Here’s a great DIY showing you how to make a medium format camera from scratch. I guess these cameras are usually super expensive but this DIY shows you how to make it yourself so you save some money on it too. Well, I am not a photography experts (yet) but seems like also a great ...
Make your own paintball turret
2009-11-03 16:00:00 Anyone that has been paintballing will know how exciting it is, but there is the urge to win and sometimes you simply end up being out fire powered. So as not to suffer a humiliating defeat any more, why build one these guys. As you see this don?t take any prisoners and what would be so much ...
Cigarette Hack ? How to Make a Battery Lighter!
2009-11-03 08:27:00 Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a simple method of using 2 AA batteries and string of wool to light your cigarette for those emergency situations. Brought to you by: Zedomax.com Cigarette Hack – How to Make a Battery Lighter! battery, cigarette hack, DIY, Entertainment, Hack, how-to, HOWTO, ...
Photography DIY ? How to Make a Large Camera Flash Diffuser!
2009-11-03 02:33:00 For travel, you might want to make one of these camera flash diffusers out of an old cigarette box. For other big projects, you might want to learn how to make a large camera flash diffuser as outlined in SteamPunkWorkShop.com here. Btw, my Canon 7d DSLR should be here next week, can’t wait to get my ...
Chicago Wolves Make IceHogs Squeal Dominating 3-1
2009-11-02 23:44:00 It was not a good night to be an IceHog fan at the Allstate last night, There was lots to celebrated for the Wolves. First there was the return of Jason Krog from Atalanta none the worse for National Hockey League wear. Drew MacIntyre had his new mask on and was looking good in net. Lastly there was Chris Chelios scoring the icing on the cake with moments to go. On the other end of the ice despite some stand out defense work by Rockford's Brian Connelly in the third period they left the building adding another in the "L" column. Rockford Coach Bill Peters probably will have them skating drills in their sleep before Wednesdays home game against San...
Tom Hess: how to make a great guitar solo
2009-11-02 23:23:00 How To Make A Great Guitar Solo By Tom Hess It?s not what you play, it?s how you play it. There are lots of ways to make guitar solos. Most guitarists focus on ?what to play? versus ?how to play things?. Fact is, the nuances of phrasing (?how? the notes are played) often matter MORE than the notes we actually play. How many times have you heard someone play a solo ?without? much emotion? Often... This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
Yard DIY ? How to Make an Air Conditioned Dog House!
2009-11-02 20:43:00 Does your dog live outside the house and temperatures get so hot that it might scorch your furry loved one? Do not worry as this DIY shows you how to make an air-conditioned dog house from scratch. I think this may be a great idea for other things such as a kid’s tree house. Of course, ...
The Easiest Decision Tom Ricketts Will Ever Make
2009-11-02 04:35:00 Tom Ricketts has a lot of tough decisions to make, but this shouldn't be one of them.Since Tom Ricketts was officially announced as the Cubs new owner this week, everyone and their brother have written their thoughts on what his first moves should be. And now it's my turn.Only mine is easier, something that doesn't require eating Milton Bradley's contract, or magically finding a team that wants Alfonso Soriano, or even doling out a big contract to yet another free agent. It will cost relatively little, and be easily implemented.Baseball America came out on Friday with their draft spending list, a ranking of the total amount of money each major league team spent to sign the players they selected in...
Browns make Bears look relatively suckless
2009-11-01 03:56:00 I've heard many people - including Lance Briggs - opine that the Bears suck. Well, they they did suck last week. They were quite vacuum-like against the Falcons and Packers, too. But they did beat the Steelers ... and if you beat the Steelers, you can't be guilty of all-out suckiness.You want a truly suck-a-licious squad? Meet the Browns....
Netbook DIY – How to Make a DIY Netbook Stand!
2009-10-30 19:49:00 For those of you like me who often resort to using netbooks for short travels, you might be interested to know that you can build yourself one of these neat DIY netbook stands using some IKEA parts. As for me, I don’t really like 45 degree angle stands as I like my netbooks flat but this might come to be very helpful for some of you who really need it for long-term netbooking. via make Brought to you by: Zedomax.com Netbook DIY – How to Make a DIY Netbook Stand! Computer, DIY, diy netbook stand, Featured DIYs, Hack, how-to, HOWTO, Laptop, make, netbook diy, Projects Related posts Zedomax World’s Fastest Digger on Google search! Zedomax in modded plastic soldier format – “Fire in the hole!” Zedomax DIY 128 – HOW TO Make a Glowing Heart LED Night Light! Zedomax DIY – How to Make a Simple Green Laser Projector! Wireless HACK – How to make your own wireless detecting vibrator! Wine Hack – How to Make Homebrewed...
Netbook Hack ? How to Make Your HD Video Play Faster!
2009-10-30 09:54:00 I just found this cool netbook/nettop hack on how to make your HD videos play flawlessly on Amazon, this might work well for my Eee PC as my Youtube videos lag badly. Can be frustrating, but there is a solution: > Deactivate deblocking filter on all the codecs that support it (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC) How ? Install klite codec pack, ...
HDTV Hack ? How to Make an XBMC Media Center!
2009-10-30 07:35:00 Here’s a great way to make yourself an open-source XMBC media center for your HDTV using an Acer AspireRevo. If you’ve been downloading thousands of bittorrents or simply have a large collection, having a media center might be a great idea so you can stream them to your HDTV easily. In the spirit of our Winter ...
Travel DIY ? How to Make a Hotel Room WiFi HotSpot Better with a Mini Trave
2009-10-30 02:29:00 Suffering from bad WiFi and insecure connections at your hotel? Get this awesome mini WiFi router that will instantly turn any hotel’s WiFi spot into a secure, strong Wireless N network. Not only does it fit in your pocket, this is practical especially if you happen to at those hotels that only provide wired ethernet connections. The ...
Coffee Hack ? How to Make Great Single Cup Coffee!
2009-10-29 22:27:00 I am a caffeine addict and I am always looking for some simple gadgets such as this Aeropress Coffee Maker that can make great single cups of coffee. I actually don’t like using big coffee machines that makes loads of coffee because simply, coffee doesn’t taste as good when brewed in large quantity. The Aeropress Coffee ...
iPhone Hack ? How to Make an iPhone Stand with Mini DV Case in 1 Second!
2009-10-29 21:20:00 Here’s a quickie for those of you looking to have some mini DV cases laying around, just flip your mini DV case backwards and voila, you have a perfectly fine iPhone stand. (or for any other smartphone) via gearfuse Creator Elam Nikserof added a coat of satin enamel paint and cut out a notch out of ...
Halloween DIY – How to Make GhostBuster Costumes!
2009-10-29 10:24:00 If you don’t have time, you might as well buy one of these cheap Ghostbuster costumes but if you can spare a day or two, you might want to consider making these cool ghostbuster costumes yourself. Well, Halloween is right around the corner, do you have any plans for this weekend? Brought to you by: Zedomax.com Halloween DIY – How to Make GhostBuster Costumes! Clothing, costumes, DIY, Entertainment, Fashion, ghostbuster, halloween diy, how-to, HOWTO, make, Projects Related posts Halloween DIY – How to Make Zelda Costume! Halloween DIY – How to Make Plastic Skeleton into Ugly, Realistic Halloween Skeleton! Halloween DIY – How to Make PacMan Pumpkins! Halloween DIY – How to Make PacMan Costume! Halloween DIY – How to Make Halloween Lamps! Halloween DIY – How to Make G.I. Joe Costume! Halloween DIY – How to Make a Werewolf Mask Costume! Halloween DIY – How to Make a Superman Costume! Halloween DIY –...
Clothing Hack – How to Make DIY Heated Clothing!
2009-10-29 09:18:00 For one, I know heated clothing can come in handy in heavy snow, especially if you live in states where it snows a lot. Secondly, I think it’s a great idea to have a spare battery and some heated clothing available just in case you get stuck in snow for couple days. If you live through such a winter in your area, this DIY heated clothing could even save your life someday. There’s a LOT of thinking involved in making this heated clothing but I will let you read all about it here. This is for those motorcycle riders, who like me, don’t know when to quit and can’t afford store bought heated clothing. I’ll show you how I made my pants, but the same can be done for a jacket or whatever else you can think of. I made these last year during the middle of a road trip to battle the bitter cold, and it worked wonderfully. Brought to you by: Zedomax.com Clothing Hack – How to Make DIY Heated Clothing! Clothing, clothing hack, Design, DIY, DIY, Feature...
PIC DIY – How to Make a Simple LED Binary Clock!
2009-10-29 08:17:00 If you seen these cool binary watches, you might want to consider learning the inner-workings by building yourself a simple LED binary clock such as this one using PIC microcontroller. Of course, this would mean you would first have to learn how to program a PIC first but you can use a simpler microcontroller like CUBLOC or BASIC STAMP, both of which you can program in BASIC language, probably the easiest and simplest programming language for starters. This second version is based around a PIC16F628A running at 4MHz to control the display, it also uses a DS1307 realtime clock chip to do the timekeeping. Every second the DS1307 sends a pulse to the PIC chip, the PIC then reads the internal time from the DS1307 over the I2C bus and then displays the time in binary on the LED display. Brought to you by: Zedomax.com PIC DIY – How to Make a Simple LED Binary Clock! Circuits, Computer, DIY, Featured DIYs, Hack, how-to, HOWTO, LED, led binary clock, make, PIC diy, Projects Rela...
Halloween DIY – How to Make PacMan Pumpkins!
2009-10-29 00:01:00 I actually have made a “bat” pumpkin over the weekend over at my friends where we had a blast making bunch of pumpkins together. Well, if you run out of time, here’s a quick one you can make, learn how to make PacMan pumpkins here. And remember to check out our Top 85 Halloween Costume Ideas here. It’s unreasonably fun to walk around with one of these in each hand, reenacting the age-old chase drama. Especially when the little yellow dude chomps a big white dot. Now who’s chasing who?!?! Brought to you by: Zedomax.com Halloween DIY – How to Make PacMan Pumpkins! Crafts, Design, DIY, Entertainment, halloween diy, how-to, HOWTO, make, pacman pumpkins, Projects Related posts Halloween DIY – How to Make Zelda Costume! Halloween DIY – How to Make Plastic Skeleton into Ugly, Realistic Halloween Skeleton! Halloween DIY – How to Make PacMan Costume! Halloween DIY – How to Make Halloween Lamps! Halloween DIY &ndash...
DIY Facemask – How to Make Cranberry Apple Mask!
2009-10-28 23:58:00 For ladies out there looking for DIY facemask to make your skin look younger and healthier, you might be interested to learn how to make cranberry apple mask. Of course, this might also work well on men too, perhaps you can do it together. For a divinely scented kitchen and naturally glowing skin, check out this easy, three-ingredient mask from Narine Nikogosian’s new beauty home remedy book Return to Beauty ($25), due out next month. To get the directions, just read more. Brought to you by: Zedomax.com DIY Facemask – How to Make Cranberry Apple Mask! apple mask, cranberry, DIY, diy facemask, Entertainment, how-to, HOWTO, make Related posts Zedomax World’s Fastest Digger on Google search! Zedomax in modded plastic soldier format – “Fire in the hole!” Zedomax DIY 128 – HOW TO Make a Glowing Heart LED Night Light! Zedomax DIY – How to Make a Simple Green Laser Projector! Wireless HACK – How to make your own wi...
Smartphone DIY ? How to Make your Own Virtual Reality Google Streetview Dev
2009-10-28 06:11:00 Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Want to experience the streets of San Francisco downtown or maybe even New York and Paris? Look no further than your own smartphone such as an iPhone, HTC Magic, or even a Palm Pre. You can get some cardboard boxes and ...
Circuits DIY ? How to Make a Massive 30kV Voltage Multiplier!
2009-10-28 05:50:00 30 microwaves were used in this circuits DIY project where the creator shows you how to make a massive 30kV voltage multiplier from scrapped microwave parts. This might be useful if you have a need for some serious voltage power for building projects like a high voltage plasma ball or even a high voltage chair. ...
Time to make the doughnuts!
2009-10-27 20:29:00 It was a delightful day in culinary school today. We learned how to make both cake and yeast-raised doughnuts. But I stuffed myself silly on the delightful spiced pumpkin ones.
Paper DIY ? How to Make Cool Notepads!
2009-10-27 19:33:00 Even with the creation of new gadgets such as touchscreen laptops and smartphones, I can still appreciate the use of physical notepads and I usually will opt to use them over my electronic counterparts as they give me more creative powers with out all the electromagnetic radiation from LCD displays. When I make new business ...
Wedding DIY ? How to Make a Card Holder with Sugar Cubes!
2009-10-27 18:23:00 Here’s another brilliant idea for unique and cheap card holders at your next wedding. (or your friend’s) Learn how to make a card holder with sugar cubes! They do a great job holding up any small cards/signs/labels, but I think they look proportionally perfect with the little labels (see 2nd photo above) and would make excellent ...
Content Sharing Deal Between Facebook And MySpace – Can They Make It
2009-10-27 13:31:00 Just in the morning, we covered as to how Google stopped the migration of email-id’s from Orkut to Facebook by excluding the email-id’s from the CSV file, in order to preserve the privacy of their consumers. All that meant was that Google doesn’t want its users to go away with Orkut completely. As the statistics speak for themselves, Orkut isn’t doing any good recently and Facebook is on a high. With Orkut trying to block Facebook in every possible way to emerge as the best social networking site, it has become difficult for MySpace to compete in an already tough market. Amidst such circumstances, Facebook and MySpace found a new way to handle things. It has been reported that Facebook is in talks with MySpace in a content partnership deal. Now, this is simply big. If the deal works out fine, it could just be the end of Orkut. From the Facebook’s point of view, Twitter has been a big big problem for them and with the search engine giants – Google...
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USB DIY ? How to Make your Own Rubik?s Cube USB Flash Drive!
2009-10-27 09:50:00 Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Looking to make that perfect USB flash drive that will also match your bedroom when not in use? (and also discreet enough?) Try learning how to make your own Rubik’s Cube USB Flash Drive. Better yet, make a bunch of ...
DSLR DIY ? How to Make DSLR Hand Straps!
2009-10-27 04:24:00 I am still waiting to get my hands on one of these Canon DSLR 7D camera but for those of you who are enjoying photography already, you might want to learn how to make these DSLR hand straps so you can take better photography in awkward situations where you need steady hands. ?Butterfingers?, they called us. ... |
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