A bottle of ER-71 photo resist liquid, ER-8 photo etch developer, a transparency, some tape, a bin, and some water should do you well to etch a sweet image into your iPod (or metal mp3 player of choice). High five to steampunk for experimenting on his iPod for the sake of this instructional.
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4 days until the end of the diyhappy logo contest! THE END IS NIGH!
(Not to be confused with Bill. Nye that is.)
That title was intentionally attention-grabbing. Whereas there’s nothing free in life, there are some things that are less work than others, and sometimes you really do “get what you pay for”. In this case, it’s slightly true, this site dedicated to continuing education for free is not to help you acquire a degree or any credit hours, but to help you realize your goals in education: your eventual career. I’m not a huge fan of college, but if you need to go there to find yourself, become an alcoholic, or at least start a trial run of being a grownup before you’re thrown into the world… by all means, go! I may be an interior decorator, but I’m digging the astronomy lessons on free-ed… and the sign language, next.
[note] Here’s an article about more free courses online through Lifehacker.
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As a seasoned dumpster diver, I can tell you a few things about getting free food, clothing, items, shelter and other delicious tidbits out of the refuse bins that often adorn dark alleys and behind sinister big, impersonal corporate monoliths (bruahaha). I know a fair amount about laws, what corporations use compactors instead of dumpsters, and a host of other things. However, since I’m not paid to write essays or give interviews about subjects I know a lot about (but if you’d like to pay me, [kristi][@][diyhappy][dottt][com], I can arrange it), and I frequently wear skirts (which means I’m a lady, and ladies don’t do nasty things like wade through garbage), I’ll just point you in the right direction:
DDing (dumpster diving/dipping) tutorial.
All things frugal - DDing.
Freegan infopage with a billion links.
Detailed kuro5hin page about DDing.
Awesome amazing DD forum.
6 days until the end of the DIY:happy logo contest!
When we did the article about how to skin a squirrel (with nothing on the actual demise - no tutorials on shooting them or anything), there were a couple of people who were mad about it. As a vegetarian, I didn’t see anything wrong with telling people how to skin an already-dead animal. Gross, yes. Anti-vegetarian? Only if a vegetarian is killing and skinning it. Now we’re doing an article about how to make an electric chair for a Barbie. As a woman of quasi-feminist leanings (y’know, like… egalitarian living), I can safely tell you that it isn’t an anti-matriarchal protest, or a demonstration of the power of women’s “complete” XX chromosome. It’s just funny. So don’t jump down our throats, eh?
[note] Horizontal stripes make Barbie look fat.
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Yes folks, a golf ball gun. True to the title, this gun shoots a golf ball over 400 yards from point of origin. Imagine the trajectory possibilities. Plus, if you killed someone with it (which, you know, we don’t condone - so be careful), it would be the funniest murder weapon ever, and you’d be guaranteed a spot on CSI or some other really bad policey detectivey show. For more information, check this out.
8 DAYS UNTIL THE END OF THE LOGO CONTEST.
For all of your aspiring spies out there with dreams of being able to listen in on conversations from afar, today is your lucky day. Metacafe has a simple how to on building your own laser listening device, just like the pros use. You can pretty much listen in on any conversation that is taking place near a reflective surface from as far away as your laser will go (hint: pretty dang far).
Now go point one of these at the ominous black van that has been parked across the street for weeks. Those guys are listening to YOU, after all, you might as well see what they have to say. [via geeksaresexy]
Yes, the title says it all. You can type anything you want in this online book site, and it’ll instantly publish whatever you write. Good for confessionals, brainstorming, or anything else that you can possibly imagine in script-form. Not necessarily an instructional, but it’s a good resource for the more literary-inclined DIY-ers!
[note] This functions as an exquisite corpse, as well, if you’re a fan of Dada-Surrealisme. Here’s another site to make funky-hilarious phrases that you can stick in your exquisite corpse, if that’s your thing. Or even compliments! Mmm, algorithmic text. So anti-heuristic.
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As they say on uchobby, this is: “a Basic Stamp microcontroller combined with a Park Zone Stoplight, and a hacked Epson printer to make a pumpkin pop up automatically when a trick or treater comes to the door. A nice way to use your microcontroller talents to scare some kids!”
Hilarity ensues.
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Sounds yucky, apparently tastes good, involves dry ice. Instructables like this are the stuff dreams are made of. Bubbly fruit can be added to most meals, and if you’re a raw foodist (read: freak) like my darling baby-daddy (read: life partner), you can make the texture of your food a little bit cooler.
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Looks like we may leave it up to a vote, ladies and gents!
Smoothies and other good stuff requiring yogurt can sometimes be abandoned because of a lack of key ingredient. Yogurt is easy to make, fun to bake, and you can put it in everything from smoothies to falafel hummus-sauce! Part of the [college meals] series on Instructables!
12 days until the end of the DIY:happy logo contest!
Apparently, in Chicago (where I’m from), tooth whitening sessions at the dentist cost a bundle of dough. Now that I research it, it costs a fat sack of money anywhere… So, as a tribute to us subtly-to-severely poor DIY-ers, here’s a way to fix everything, including yellow teeth, using baking soda!
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