Here’s on for all you sadists out there - a coat rack made from disembodied doll parts! We recommend this project for people who already live alone and are not expecting any guests in the near future. Also, we’re pretty sure that scarf belongs to Freddie.
These “Do Not Disturb” signs are the real deal - retro-riffic since birth. Well, I guess when they were born they were “current.” Whatever. The point is they’re cool, and they’re available in a high-res printable image so you can make your own and hang them on your door, or the doors of your hotel, or your office, or from your nose in your cubicle as you nap.
Retro Holiday Inn Do Not Disturb Signs.
Just look at those spiffy speakers right up there. They look like someone paid way too much for them and is using them to blast their neighbors’ eardrums. But this wouldn’t be DIY:happy if we weren’t about to tell you how to make them yourself, on the (relatively) cheap. Remember, these are fancy - it’s not just a “put the speaker in a box” operation, it’s more like a “there’s math involved” kind of operation.
Fostex FX120 MLTL Speaker Project. [Thanks, Gio]
We tend to spend a lot of time sprucing up our own living environments without thinking of the little guys. Spiders must be bored with the same old, same old - so why not spruce up spidey’s pad with a little flare? Nina Katchadourian has pioneered the art for us, repairing our arachnid friend’s homes - restoring their functional beauty and creating a live art piece. Of course, the spiders always reject the artwork sometime in the night. I guess they just don’t know good art when they see it.
If you’re looking for some creative things to do with your iPod, look no further than this list of over 75 iPod tutorials for everything from turning your device into a recording studio to running Linux on the little bugger. There’s even some stuff on the list we haven’t seen before (and we’ve seen it all), so check it out! [Thanks, Fiona]
We always cringe when we see these busted iPhone pictures floating around the net. What a shame. The good news out there for anybody struggling with broken iPhone blues is that you can actually replace the glass yourself on the cheap. In fact, making your own replacement will cost you less than a good lunch.
The replacement screen is made of plastic, so it’s not quite as cool as the original - but it still works (even the touch-capability works). Check out the instructions for fixing your iPhone screen over at ars technica.
The day will soon come that all media productions will be 3-dimensional holograms. Until then, we have awesome retro-riffic 3d glasses like those pictured above. If you ever wondered how to make your own 3D pictures then today is your lucky guide, because patenteux has the lowdown on making your own 3d camera rig. There is also some good information about post-processing your pictures and a sample pictures gallery.
Just imagine what this could do for those janitors out there who have to carry those huge key rings around. This swiss army key uses a Leatherman Micra to bring you about the slimmest, easiest to carry version of your keys that you’re going to get. Just take our advice and make a backup copy of any key you’re going to cut up as part of this project. [via]
What you’re looking at is not the appendage of a disembodied USB device, but a USB thumb drive designed to look as such. A pretty nifty idea sure to turn heads, this mod uses an old USB cable and one of those teeny-tiny USB drives made by Kingmax. This is perfect for cat owners or people who complain of mice chewing through cables.
We’re not quite sure why on earth you would want to do this - unless it’s for some retro-hipster style you’re going for - but you can turn an old CD-Rom drive into a CD Player for your car. People will look at you funny, your girlfriend will dump you, and you won’t even be able to tell which track you’re listening to - but you’ll be happy knowing you saved the $50 a low-end car stereo would have cost you. [via]
Oh, your calculator watch only does addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division? Why not get a real man’s watch? This thing can do algebraic equations and presumably even tells time. With a watch like that, you can while away the hours calculating your chances of ever getting a girlfriend. [via]
This probably doesn’t work, but people still convince themselves that it just might work for them. But go ahead and give it a try … it might just work for you. The idea is that you hang a bag full of water from a tree and this somehow scares bugs away. As we all know, mosquitos and the like don’t like standing water at all.
Ever since I was a kid I’ve been obsessed with the concept of bio-spheres. Little self-contained ecosystems where nothing but light enters and nothing but enjoyment and wonder exit. The most advanced biospheres can last many years and even contain small snails and the like. KQED visited our friends over at MAKE and they whipped up a nice biosphere recipe complete with snails and shrimp. Go ahead, play god. [via]
Overheating laptop got you down? Try this minimalist laptop stand that you can make for just a couple bucks. Keeping your laptop up off the table will help the air flow around it and keep it from getting too hot. If that doesn’t work, try submerging your laptop in a nice ice bath whenever you want to use it. [via]
While Wild Planet’s Spy Car looks like a lot of fun, you’re really getting quite a bit for under $100. Check out that kid’s cyborg-like head mounted display, for example. Jake Of All Trades shows us how to modify said HMD to display video from any RCA source. The bottom line is yu can have your own B&W HMD for less than $25 (assuming you buy just the screen as a replacement part from Wild Planet. Not bad. [via]
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