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Bookmark This! May 2, 2008 posted by
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SpotMixer – make your own video ads for free

SpotMixer is a new DIY video advertising service. Select a template, add images, video, music and voiceover, add your contact info and sign-off and save it for YouTube, Adwords or as an MP4 to use anywhere on the web you choose. Creating the ad is free, but you pay for distribution at prices starting at $79.00 for a month. It’s an interesting way to enfranchise small business advertising, although we do wonder whether you’d be better served just using something…


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diy April 25, 2008 posted by
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DIY Solar Bag – make your own eco tote and feel good about life

This DIY Solar Bag is an interesting project if you’ve got the time and energy (arf!). You’ll need lots of tech sounding components like capacitors, voltage regulators and the like, but the result should give you a trickle charge for small devices, as long as you’re facing the sun directly. Mmm…  Walking around in the city on a sunny day gave very good results because of the additional light coming from reflections off glass and bright stone walls. The charging…


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Bookmark This! March 31, 2008 posted by
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Styleshake – ladies, design and produce your own dress and show off a little

StyleShake is the ultimate custom tailored, DIY dress-making service. Choose your fabric and colours, input your measurements, throw together some components and bingo, your very own designer label fashion statement. Yowsers! The site claims to turn around designs in 10 days, so you can be flaunting quicker than you can say ‘that’ll do nicely’.  The attention to detail and care taken with everything we make is significant. Whenever we can, we use ‘babylock’ stitching for the interior stitching of the…


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diy March 28, 2008 posted by
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DIY $5.00 fisheye lens for your camera – roll your own warped photos on the cheap

DIY $5.00 Fisheye Lens. This clever video tutorial runs through the process of making a cheapo fisheye lens using nothing more than a door peephole security devices, some craft foam and PVC pipe. The results are what you’d expect – the images look like you’re looking through the door at a visitor, but hey, it’s very very inexpensive, OK? You can also make a wide angle version using a different model of the peephole. [Thanks Gerry] Tags: diy+fisheye+lens, gadget, video


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diy March 20, 2008 posted by
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DIY Star Wars Lightsaber Kit – [insert clever Obi-Wan joke here…]

DIY Star Wars Lightsaber Kit. Well if you’re ever going to be a true Star Wars nerd, you’ll need to invest a serious 5 minutes clipping together this lightsaber kit so you can then truthfully say, ‘uh yeah, I built it myself’ while waving it around at the next convention. Makes sense, no? $99.99.  This Saber Kit is just what you need to build your custom saber. One main saber unit with a tri-color blade (flip a switch and choose red, green,…


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diy March 18, 2008 posted by
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DIY LED Bulbs – how to make your own super bright LED lamps

 How to make your own LED bulbs. This tutorial on making LED bulb arrays is a little old, but pretty cool nonetheless. You’ll need some glue, solder and a fair amount of patience. Oh along with some electrical smarts. Then you’re good to go.  After many attempts to make all sorts of LED-conversions I finnaly found one solution that is simple and efficient. Of course, you do need a great amount of patience in making this but when you consider the countless hours…


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cool tech March 17, 2008 posted by
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New Gray-Hoverman Super Antenna – television antenna geeks release radical new Open Source design

So a bunch of television antenna heads have come up with a massively improved design for a UHF antenna which they say blows away current designs. What’s more they’ve gone and released the design for this New Gray-Hoverman Super Antenna via a GPL license so it’s free for all. Now that’s what we call community action. [via Slashdot]  “Boy, this antenna is hot. I finally got it pointed right. After I did a search for channels, I got 23 digital channels, and this is…


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diy March 7, 2008 posted by
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Gas Powered Tool Box – save your arms, let the ATV take the strain

Fed up with lugging your tool box around? Wish there was a better way? Well maybe you need to chat with these guys, who appear to have embedded a full size mechanics tool box in a quad-bike . We’re talking 110 cc of motorized spanner totin’ glory, complete with passenger seat for your friend to hitch a ride. Fabulously ridiculous, no? More videos here and here. Tags: gadget, gas+powered+tool+box, atv


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Bookmark This! March 6, 2008 posted by
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My Deco Plan My Room – super slick tool lets you create or update your dream home without tears

My Deco Plan My Room. New online tool provides a virtual 3D roomscape which you can decorate to your heart’s content. Add furniture, change the carpets, re-adjust your own furniture. You can even upload your own photo and start playing around with your actual colour schemes. It’s very nicely done, and more importantly it’s fast, so you can see your changes almost immediately, from any angle you want. Of course it’s all tied in to real life sales of furnishings,…


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diy March 4, 2008 posted by
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DIY International Clock – how to make a basic but neat global clock device

DIY International Clock. Neat tutorial shows how to craft a simple but working international clock out of a few basic ingredients. The result is crude, but hey, it works, which means you save $x and come across like you’re a boffin geek nerdo genius. Snerf! Tags: diy, international+clock, video+how-to


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Bookmark This! February 26, 2008 posted by
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10 DIY Lighting Hacks for Digital Photographers – cool cheap alternatives to expensive lighting equipment

10 DIY Lighting Hacks for Digital Photographers. A nice selection of innovative DIY ways to improve the lighting of your digital photography without breaking the bank balance. The $75.00 DIY lighting kit tip is especially neat.  Most of us can’t afford a full lighting rig – however what if there was a way to experiment with the type of lighting gear that pro photographers use without spending too much money? What if you could make it yourself. In this post…


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cool tech February 12, 2008 posted by
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BotBrain – build your own animatronic robot head

BotBrain Animatronic Robot Head Kit. Build your own animated head for fun and…er…fun? Or to try and out Henson the master himself? Anyway, it looks like a neat way to learn about the basics of robotics and animatronics, and who knows, the two of you may even learn to love each other. $449.00.  Futuristic and fun, this kit leads you through the assembly of a fully functioning animatronic head which can turn left and right. The head also features moving…


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diy February 8, 2008 posted by
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DIY Cheater Pen – ghetto cheating implement will get you busted faster than you can say Bic

DIY Cheater Pen Professional. This video will show you aspiring CIA operatives how to craft a lovingly covert cheating pen for sailing through all your tests, including Moral & Ethics Part 1. Good luck with this grab, dude. Tags: cheater+pen+professional, diy, video


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