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Archive for March, 2008
Instructables Pocket-sized contest
March 30th, 2008Make an All-Purpose Organic Pesticide from Vegetables
March 26th, 2008
This organic pesticide won’t kill all the bugs in your garden, but may annoy them enough so that they move over to your neighbour’s. I personally think that if you don’t want to use any chemicals in your garden, you need to arrange your plants carefully, to exploit the fact that certain plants naturally repel various insects. This can help too, but from experience, you do need to spray often as this product isn’t deadly, but just mildly annoying.
Make an All-Purpose Organic Pesticide from Vegetables [link]
Altoids Tin Pocket-Sized Watercolor Box
March 25th, 2008
This is my first Instructable, and my entry for the Instructables pocket-sized contest. It’s a Pocket-Sized Watercolor Box in an Altoids tin. I’ve seen people make similar ones and I’ve decided to make my own, using what I had: Fimo clay.
For once, instead of just linking to an Instructable, I wrote one. About time!
Please vote for me!
Altoids Tin Pocket-Sized Watercolor Box [link]
How to Rebind a Moleskine Notebook: Make a Custom DIY Sketchbook!
March 23rd, 2008
« The size and durability of the Moleskine Pocket notebook is perfect for my sketching needs, but the paper is not ideal. Although both “sketchbook” and “watercolor” versions are available, neither is well-suited to my particular requirements. And so, I have developed a process for replacing the paper (aka Moleskine Reloaded) while retaining all the other wonderful attributes of the Moleskine. »
How to Rebind a Moleskine Notebook: Make a Custom DIY Sketchbook! [link]
Busy busy busy busy
March 19th, 2008Sorry, no post tonight.
I looked for some interesting stuff and didn’t find anything useful.
Blame the internet for being boring tonight. You can always submit a link if you find anything interesting…
Homemade Electrocardiograph (ECG)
March 18th, 2008
While motivations will vary, I’m quite sure that many people will find this project interesting. You can make your own ECG (heart monitor) to monitor your own heartbeats for less than 10$ (not including your PC).
Disclaimer: This project involves strapping electrodes on your chest. Electrodes = electricity. Do it at your own risk.
Homemade Electrocardiograph (ECG) [link]
Tupperware Synthesizers
March 17th, 2008
“ADACHI’s self-made instruments are consists of simple electronic circuit, almost case built in tupperware. They never can make precise pitch, but have good sound and noise, easy to operate and carry and worked by battery. Of course the funny and pretty looks are important aspects.”
USB page turner pedal for musicians
March 15th, 2008
This is a project that will surely please guitarists, singers, or any other musicians that play on stage. Basically, you gut out a USB keyboard, keeping only the electronics and you build a pedal that you map to specific keys. This allows you to either scroll down a document (partitions, tablatures, lyrics, etc.) or even control a slide show or audio software.
DIY HiFi Headphone Amplifier
March 14th, 2008
This project is a bit different from those I normally put up. It’s a kit (actually, a board) for a headphone amp. The difference resides s that it’s not made with what you have lying around, and its more costly.
I made an exception because I have a decent pair of Grados, which I love, and a I drive them with low quality audio mixer, which is OK for the price I paid. The thing is, to properly drive my headphones, I’d need something better, like the M³ headphone amp. Seems interesting. Let me know if you’ve heard anything good or bad about it.
How to cool down your Mac by speeding up its fans
March 13th, 2008
My white Intel iMac has been working great ever since I bought it. Then along came Leopard. After getting the upgrade and installing it, my iMac became instable. All of a suddain, it would hang. Or at least, the video card would freeze. I could still connect to my computer with ssh from my laptop, but all the unsaved work I had going was lost. That’s until I realized that Leopard changed something to the machine’s firmware to slow down the fans – either that or Leopard runs hotter.
Anyways, if you’re stuck in a similar situation, go ahead and download the excellent SMCFanControl application. It lets you speed up your fans individually (my computer has 3 different ones). Apple, in its constant quest for the thinnest and most silent device on the market, tend to design dangerously close to the edge of the cliff. The computer’s ventilation system’s efficiency drops below the acceptable threshold once it gets a bit dusty.
Go ahead and install this little gem of a program.
How to cool down your Mac by speeding up its fans [link]
