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Daily Archives: August 11, 2015
Have a leaf blower and some leftover PVC pipe? Build a ping pong ball Launcher
This is going on my list of stuff to build, its cheap, easy, and I like the magazine used for the balls. http://www.instructables.com/id/Ping-Pong-Ball-Launcher/
Posted in Cheap, Misc-Life, Teaching and Learning, weapons
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A better way to store wood in the garage
The author uses pieces of down spout to hold the wood up in the rafters. This way you don’t have everything bunched up there. http://www.todayshomeowner.com/video/diy-overhead-storage-rack-from-downspout/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+danny-lipford+%28Today%27s+Homeowner+with+Danny+Lipford%29
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Mostly recycled for a workbench vise
Nice write-up on taking some old drawer faces, planks, a sissor jack, and I think he bought the dowel rod, to build a workbench vise. http://www.instructables.com/id/Workbench-vice-from-reclaimed-scissor-jack/?ALLSTEPS
Use Blynk to controll your device via your phone
I haven’t heard of Blynk before, but it apparently is another way to controll IoT remotely from your phone. It woks with arduino, RPi, ESP8266, Particle Core (No Idea on that one). and other stuff. The article of course mentions … Continue reading
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Use pool noodles for extension ladder covers
This is a good idea to keep your extension ladder from scraping up the side of your house. They sell these at $10 and up for ladders. But you can get pool noodles for $1. http://www.todayshomeowner.com/video/diy-extension-ladder-rail-covers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+danny-lipford+%28Today%27s+Homeowner+with+Danny+Lipford%29
Can’t afford a gaming rig, use AWS
I have actually done something like this for running windows tools in Linux. The author basically created an AWS instance with Windows 2012 server, added in the NVIDIA video card module, and streams the games from steam back to his … Continue reading
Tindie, interesting site for DIY hardware builds
So you are a small-time hardware build company or person, want to sell your bot to the masses…where do you go, well looks like tindie is the esty for electronics for you. https://www.tindie.com/browse/
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Hacking Twitter Contests
Why didn’t I think of this? A software developer wrote a python script to search for contests that require him to retweet and follow something, and do that work. He ended up winning alot of contests (of course the success … Continue reading
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