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Keyboard In-A-Tin

May 10, 2009
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When swapping out the computer that my SmoothWall was running on I found that while the old one had a BIOS switch allowing the system to continue booting without a keyboard (the system runs completely headless) the new one, oddly, does not. A solution was found…

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Utility Pole House

April 24, 2009
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We have a utility pole in our backyard (previous owners had a trailer there) and it’s not that nice of a thing to have in one’s backyard (at least when it’s not doing anything). So your left with two options: take it out, or build something on it… guess which I’d like to do:

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DIY Fume Extractor

March 10, 2009
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Tired of breathing solder fumes so I decided to make myself a fume extractor – in it’s simplest form a fume extractor sucks the soldering fumes up and passes them through a filter, in this case I used and activated carbon filter.

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MADE – DIY Ring Light

March 2, 2009
MADE - DIY Ring Light

Make a ring light on the cheep using parts available at any home improvement store

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Quiet Server Cooling

February 27, 2009
Server Cooling Fan

I have a 1U dual processor rack mount server that is particularly loud I came up with this as a way to keep it cool and quiet.

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Easy (and cheep) Computer Mount

January 11, 2009
Easy (and cheep) Computer Mount

The pictures are pretty self explanatory – just an easy way to get a computer up off the floor with supplies available at any home improvement store:
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Panavise Weighted Base on MAKE

December 18, 2008
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My “Easy (and cheep) Panavise Weighted Base” post was featured on the Make blog! w00t!

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Easy (and cheep) Panavise Weighted Base

December 16, 2008
Easy (and cheep) Panavise Weighted Base

This was an easy and cheap way to add a weighted base to my Panavise 201 Jr.

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120Vac Interface for Current Measurement

November 13, 2008

WARNING: The following project deals with mains voltage, which can cause serious injury or death. Should you choose to replicate any part of this project I am not responsible for any injury or death that may result.
I wanted a way to easily and safely (or semi-safely) use my multimeter’s current measuring function (ammeter) on 120Vac [...]

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Framing a t-shirt (on the cheap) REDUX

June 15, 2008

In my post “Framing a t-shirt (on the cheap)” I used an acrylic box frame to frame a t-shirt. The acrylic frame worked well but admittedly it was a bit haphazard and the masking-tape backing (which held the t-shirt in) was starting to come off. So while perusing the local Michaels for something unrelated I [...]

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