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How to Remove Caulk in 6 Easy Steps - Popular Mechanics
2009 Oct 18, 5:22"Q: The caulk around my bathtub is peeling away in places, and it looks pretty ugly. How do I remove it and recaulk?"
How to Google Maps on Vimeo
2009 Aug 31, 4:53From Ira as part of The Balloon Project "... took the lo-fi diy map making essentials (portable helium tank, party balloons, and a disposable video camera) to Paris, France, where they launched a video camera into the sky not knowing where it would go, and created some very unique aerial cartography of the Place de la Concorde.' I'd love to see this run through photo stitching software like Photosynth and then layered on Google Maps.The Electric Unicycle
2009 Jul 31, 6:04An electric unicycle controlled in a similar manner as the Segway.Kitchen Garden Planner | Preplanned Vegetable Gardens by Gardener's Supply
2009 Jul 6, 3:47Howto make your own garden including pre-made plans like the 'Plant it and Forget it' garden.The Ultimate Lock Picker Hacks Pentagon, Beats Corporate Security for Fun and Profit
2009 Jun 1, 3:21"Marc Weber Tobias can pick, crack, or bump any lock. Now he wants to teach the world how to break into military facilities and corporate headquarters."Infrared Goggles for $10, inexpensive IR filters, SCIENCE HOBBYIST
2009 May 29, 8:49Howto on goggles that block out everything but the small range of IR that's barely visible. "INFRARED GOGGLES FOR UNDER $10, A Human IR Vision Experiment, Sept. 14, 2002 Bill Beaty"Big Mess o' Wires - BMOW 1
2009 May 28, 1:12A homemade CPU and computer. I love the primary colors on the mess of wires. The close up shot is lovely.ioanghip - Tweeting Cat Door
2009 Apr 13, 12:20Cat door that opens only for the owner's cat's collars containing particular RFID tags. When opened a photo is snapped and twittered. "Best use of Twitter, the Tweeting Cat Door"A Bulbdial Clock - Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
2009 Apr 9, 8:56Someone implemented the Ironic Sans artificial sundial clock concept! "Last year David Friedman published on his blog Ironic Sans an interesting design concept for something that he called The Bulbdial Clock. That's like a sundial, but with better resolution-- not just an hour hand, but a minute and second hand as well, each given as a shadow from moving artificial light sources (bulbs). We've recently put together a working bulbdial clock, with an implementation somewhat different from that of the original concept."DIY Pepsi Challenge
2009 Jan 25, 5:39
Microsoft isn't completely shielded from our economies issues but I still have a job and
still get free soda. While that's all still the case, I decided to test Sarah's claimed ability to differentiate between Pepsi, Coke, and their diet counterparts by taste alone. I poured the four
sodas into marked cups and Sarah and I each took two runs through the cups with the following guesses.
| Drink | Sarah | Dave | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guess 1 | Guess 2 | Guess 1 | Guess 2 | |
| Coke | Coke | Coke | Pepsi | Diet Pepsi |
| Diet Coke | Diet Coke | Diet Pepsi | Diet Coke | Diet Coke |
| Pepsi | Pepsi | Pepsi | Coke | Coke |
| Diet Pepsi | Diet Pepsi | Diet Coke | Diet Pepsi | Pepsi |
| Total (out of 8) | 6 | 3 | ||
As you can see from the results, Sarah's claimed ability to identify Coke and Pepsi by taste is confirmed. The first run through she got completely correct and on the second run only mistook Diet Pepsi for Diet Coke. Her excuse for the error on the second run was a tainted palate from the first run. I on the other hand was mostly incorrect. Surprisingly though my incorrect answers were mostly consistent between run one and two. For instance I thought Pepsi was Coke in both runs.
the box doodle project // boxdoodle.com
2008 Dec 31, 2:14Art on boxes: "the rules are quite simple: rearrange a box to make any kind of figure or object. make the most of least."makezine.tv: MAKE: technology on your time
2008 Dec 30, 1:03"Introducing Make: television, Coming in January 2009: A new national series from MAKE magazine, Twin Cities Public Television, and American Public Television"PIXELATOR
2008 Oct 14, 12:50Cardboard filter that turns video monitors into an array of large color-changing boxes applied to public video billboard ads: "Pixelator turns those ugly, blinding video billboard ads into art."Itchy Stitchy: FO and Pattern: Katamari Damacy Prince of All Cosmos Baby Hat!
2008 Aug 20, 10:29Baby outfitted with Katamari hat. Cute!Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - How to make a Sawed-off USB Key
2008 Jul 17, 5:39DIY instructions on making a flash drive that looks like a cut up USB cable: "Holy crap-- somebody just went and TORE MY FREAKING USB CABLE IN HALF while it was still attached to my laptop!!! No-- wait-- sorry. That's just my USB drive. My bad. Never mindLED Throwies
2008 Apr 24, 12:32Throwies = LED + battery + magnet. Throw onto metal surface. Looks like fun.Make your own vehicle surveillance system - DIY Life
2008 Apr 22, 4:14DIY car lo-jack system using a cellphone and cellphone charger. "Now, if your vehicle is stolen, you can give the authorities the IMEI number from that in-car 'hidden' handset, which can then be tracked using cell tower triangulation or GPS, and hopefullAngelaBuilds - BuildStuff
2008 Mar 23, 3:39A cool clock that is essentially a robot operating an Etch-a-Sketch. Zang!How-to: Make your own 1920's style bluetooth handset - Engadget
2007 Oct 11, 7:49A how-to on creating a bluetooth handset for your cell-phone. I want this but like a regular phone and without the DIY part.
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