Evil Mad Scientist has posted a guide on how to reupholster a chair with used denim. So if you’ve got an old chair and an old pair of Jeans you’d still like to caress your bum, so to speak, this is the project for you.
Besides showing how to use denim for your reupholstery project, this guide could serve as a basic set of instructions allowing you to use any material as a seat cover replacement.
Spying on someone? Add to your information-gathering techniques with a little old fashioned phone tapping. Although tapping people’s phones is illegal, that hasn’t stopped AT&T or the government, so why should it stop you? Find out who in your neighborhood is a terrorist! [via]
Smart playlists are one of those often overlooked and underutilized features of iTunes. Dean Cheesman has an article outlining how to put your smart playlists on steroids and beef up your music management system. He gives a bunch of screenshots (like the one above) of example playlists and explains the logic behind them. You can tell he’s spent a lot of time thinking about some of these.
Got granite counter tops? See if you’re slowly radiating yourself by building a Geiger counter. This little guy is capable of detecting alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. Pretty cool, but even the kit (or buying the parts separately) is pretty expensive. The cheaper way to tell is to sit on your counter for a while and then see if you can still reproduce. If anyone knows any other cheap or DIY solutions for radiation detection, sound off in the comments!
Alright guys, gas is getting expensive. The car companies are taking way too long to come out with Hydrogen powered cars, so I say we convert our cars ourselves. Simple remove your engine and fill your engine bay with these wine glass contraptions and you should be good to go.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell. [Thanks, Dan]
Have you ever used a tooth tunes toothbrush? Probably not, because they’re for children - but these things are pretty neat-o. They play music inside your head using bone conduction while you brush. The idea is that kids will listen to the entire song before they stop, thus brushing their teeth for long enough.
Problem is, it only comes with one song. If you want to hook up your iPod to the thing it’s going to require a little hacking. This guide show you how to take apart the tooth tunes toothbrush, and the rest is up to you. Happy hacking!
Wow - here’s a fun one. This working papercraft lock and key can be printed right off your printer and assembled with a bit of glue and patience. We normally wouldn’t post this because it does cost a few dollars for the download, but this one is so cool we just couldn’t pass it up. Now see if you can pick it without the key! [via]
We’ve featured silk screening tutorials on here before, but can you ever have too many? This tutorial actually shows how to silk screen the “right way” for a change (as opposed to using glue, solvents, etc. like we’ve shown in the past). It can be used to make some pretty killer designs like you see in the picture.
Follow these instructions and you’ll be up and running in no time. The hardest part is and will remain coming up with an awesome design.
Our friends over at Neatorama pointed us to this cool look poster that guides you, step by step, in making your own sock monster. Looks like a fun project if you happen to have some cool looking socks lying around. Word to the wise: for an extra scary monster, don’t wash your socks first!
Readymech cameras not only look awesome, but apparently they work too! These pinhole cameras will bring you a few weird looks which, incidentally, would be a good thing to take a picture of. Check out all the unique looking models they have, which can be printed from the provided PDF files. [via]
Like playing god? Enjoy weather of your own making with your personal weather machine. Rain or shine, lightening and fog - you can do it all with this remote-controllable weather window. [Thanks, Jason]
Here’s and oldie but a goodie for all you rednecks out there. Go find a shotgun shell out behind your trailer and use it as a decorative flower holder! This would also make a great decoration for a shotgun wedding. Thanks, I’ll be here all week. Try the veal. [via thanks, Tom!]
Back in the olden days, people used to store motion pictures on some sort of primitive magnetic storage device that the Neanderthals called a “VHS” tape. If you’re lucky enough to find one of these box-DVDs, perhaps in an antique shop or at your local archeological dig, you can turn it into a clever USB Hub and relive the glory days of rewinding and non-digital picture. Let’s just hope you don’t have to adjust the tracking on your USB connection.
As the analog airways of yore go dark next February, you’ll probably be left with a boob tube or two that will only be able to serve as paperweights or landfill fodder (or, in the case of rednecks, a stand for your new TV - for shame!). But Popular Science has shown us the light with a handy-dandy tutorial on repurposing your old junker-ware picture box into a new screen for your iPod or CCTV, among other things. The added bonus is that all the hipsters will think you’re cool when you’re pumping Andrew W.K. videos straight from your new iPod Touch to your 30 year old antique TV.
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