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This Altoids Tin BBQ Grill Can Still Cook Dogs and Burgers. 7 Hacks That Turn Everyday Objects into Deadly Weapons. The world is rife with mundane crap that doesn't qualify as even remotely lethal, and that's barely hilarious at all.

7 Hacks That Turn Everyday Objects into Deadly Weapons

Fortunately, with some moderate tweaking, even the simplest of items can be turned into something horrifying. Just ask the inventors of the... Super Soaker Flamethrower When Super Soakers arrived on the scene, they put ordinary squirt guns to shame with their extended range and awesome power. Practical Solutions & Inspiration for Kitchen Improvement Best of 2009. Practical Solutions & Inspiration for Kitchen Improvement Best of 2009 We talk a lot about improving your kitchen — we love a dramatic before & after of a kitchen renovation, and we also love finding small and inexpensive tips to make your kitchen more beautiful and functional. Here's a look back at some of our kitchen improvement posts from this past year, including how to tutorials on painting your floors and improving your countertops, along with makeover requests, small and practical solutions for rental kitchens, and inspiring before & afters!

Practical Solutions & Resources • Build a Spice Rack With a Ruler! • Small Rental Kitchen Upgrade: Swap Out the Switch Plates • Oil Cloth Liner In the Silverware Drawer • Small Kitchen Solution: Cover the Stove Top for More Counter Space? • How To Make an Over-the-Door Pot Rack • Ugly Kitchen Floor? Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks.

Make Your Own Moleskine-Like-Notebook. What we'll make: Your very own Moleskine-like-notebook/journal/sketchbook.

Make Your Own Moleskine-Like-Notebook

The one we'll be making is 3.5 x 5.5 x .5 inches. I use this size because it fits nicely into my back or front pants pocket. Strangely enough it is also the same size as the Moleskine notebook. For the pages we'll be using 20# bond paper (the same paper you use in your copier and inkjet printer). Don't be put off by the many steps involved. Daniel's GG-Holders for 35mm DOF Adapters. Survival Bracelet (Updated!) Steampunk. The ultra technological world born from hackers & maker culture has helped inspire a Jules Verne themed steampunk bazaar full of brass computer accoutrements, leather fly-boy goggles, and ray-guns made from candle holders that should help equip you well enough to fight off an attack from a wayward Eastern Block airship, a corset wearing phantasm from yesteryear, or just your everyday future warriors who refuse to acknowledge that an imaginary life in the past is better than living in the reality of today, or dare I say, the curious gaze of tomorrow.

Steampunk

LED Wine Charms. Make a Survival Kit out of an Altoids Tin. Homemade Reed Diffusers: How-To & Tips. Reed diffusers are decorative air fresheners for the home that work with scented oils and reeds.

Homemade Reed Diffusers: How-To & Tips

The oil travels up the reeds to release their fragrance into the air around them. No need to use aerosol sprays, light candles or plugin air fresheners, the process handles itself naturally. They’re very popular since you can choose from an endless amount of fragrances, have no open flames (candles) to worry about and they don’t plugin so no dangling cords to hide or fuss with. If you’d like to try making your own (a perfect way to customize your favorite scents), here are some tips and recipes showing you how to do that. Make Your Own Reed Diffusers And Oils With A Few Simple Ingredients. Cordless workspace redux, the Gina edition. Looking at those views above in photo's really defeats the purpose of how to use that wire rack organizer. The main power strip should be mounted on the front of rack that faces you. {The Angled Face of Rack) This power strip should be powered by the UPS to protect the primary devices. (PC, External Hard Drives, Laptop, etc.) On the other angled face of rack should be the second power strip just for generic devices such as lamps, fans, battery chargers, etc.

All cords entering the rack should be pre routed to the plug-in position on the power strip. All excess cord length left over should be rolled up and Velcro secured to itself and rack near the position of plug on strip. Alternate is keep the bulk left over rolled up tight behind device and Velcro strapped to self. DIY Camera Crane. The finished crane at it’s highest point Over the past week I have been building a camera crane, or jib.

DIY Camera Crane

Jak zrobić lustro z nieskończonym odbiciem - Spryciarze.pl - video. Uroda bez chemii - Portal o kosmetyce naturalnej. Kosmetyki naturalne. Hack Attack: The Cordless Workspace (sort of) Top 10 Home Automation Projects. A430 porting started - histogram working. Best Cat Scratching Post Ever AND Cat Weight-loss Device. CW's First Bogus Theory of Cats...

Best Cat Scratching Post Ever AND Cat Weight-loss Device

Watching cat behavior over the years, I have noticed that they scratch not only to flex their feet and claws, they actually like to stretch their shoulders and back, using their claws as leverage. This stretching behavior will tip over a commercially available 'normal' sized scratching post. Whenever I have observed one of my cats try to get a good stretch out of a standard cat post, it has moved or tipped and the cat has immediately given up and gone to find a more suitable object for an anchor - usually my sofa. Connect the LEDs to the parallel port. If you are using a printer cable, check the third picture for reference, otherwise, check the second.

Connect the LEDs to the parallel port

Connect the longer lead* of the first LED to bit 1 (check the pictures mentioned above), and the shorter to any of the ground (GND) pins (it doesn't matter which one you choose).