Instructables has up a cool guide for making a waterproof wallet out of a sturdy plastic shopping bag. I don’t see exactly how its “waterproof,” but that’s what lifehacker says. It does look cool, though, and will last you a long time. Now if only you had something to put in it.
Here’s a fun project that only requires a piece of paper (card stock would be best), some scissors, and some tape. After a little cutting, folding, and taping magic you’ll end up with a mind-blowing transforming toy that will not only impress your friends and coworkers, but keep you entertained for hours on end, keeping you from your work and family obligations.
Okay, it’s cool - but maybe not that cool.
Get off the grid with your own solar-powered generator. You probably won’t be able to power your 4 servers and massive 60″ television, but small electronics and DC appliances are good to go. Most of the parts you need will even be available from local stores!
I don’t know about you, but I get about as much spam in my real mailbox as I do in my email inbox. One questionably-ethical guerilla tactic for getting back at the mailbox spammers is using their own business reply cards against them. Every ounce you send using one of these cards will cost the offending company twenty cents and ounce. We don’t recommend this except maybe for the worst offenders (cough… Chase … cough).
Speaking of which - you can politely unsubscribe to Chase’s insane amount of mailbox spam here. They seem to be by far the worst offender at my house, even though I am not one of their customers.
Next time you’re hard up for a guitar pick, reach in your pocket and decide which credit card is getting sacrificed. Although a credit card works great as a guitar pick in a pinch, it’s best to make them before time and when you have a real pick to trace onto the plastic. Just the same, I bet you’ve never had a guitar pick that could also buy you lunch.
Here’s a good project if you can’t afford a really real video projector and happen to have a laser pointer sitting around. Sure, there’s not too many channels on the laser set these days, but who could honestly get bored of watching a little stick man bounce a basketball around?
Here’s a fun one for the kids - a camera that unloads its capacitor into YOU instead of the flash! Please note before undertaking such a project that electrocuting people isn’t really very funny, and you never know if people have medical conditions which might not mix well with high doses of electricity. That said, this is still and interesting little project.
The Stunning Camera. [Thanks, Chris]
The first thing you learn in potato boot camp is to always have a backup weapon. Here’s a nice little potato cannon called the spud cadet - a pocket sized potato cannon that still packs a wallop. Check out the video for more details and other variations.
So you finally got some sharks with freakin’ laser beams attached to their heads but soon realized the laser could do little more than potentially blind your helpless victims. What you need is a laser collimator - a small filter that will focus the laser into a narrower beam.
Here’s a handy guide on how to make a collimator for your average laser pointer. Next up we’ll show you how to make the laser move very slowly so you can strap down your arch nemesis and watch him squirm as the laser approaches his you-know-what. Actually, you have better things to do than sit around and watch your biggest enemy die, right? I’m sure your unnecessarily complex execution device will work without your direct supervision.
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