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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100 Things – #2

February 19, 2009
100 Things - #2

Number 2 “100 Things About Me” photo project.

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FedEx – Will It Blend?

February 13, 2009
FedEx Shipping Fail

Seems as though FedEx got there hands on a Blendtec Blender and decided to do their own “Will It Blend?” test on my order from Adafruit Industries.

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Computer Power Usage

January 23, 2009
Computer Power Usage

The economy being what it is – a friend asked me how much it costs to have his office computers running 24/7. So, I used my current measurement interface and multimeter to measure how much current one of the systems drew in various states of use. Knowing the current draw I could figure out how much wattage the system was using in those various states of use.

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100 Things – #1

January 20, 2009
100 Things - #1

Number 1 “100 Things About Me” photo project.

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On Life

January 19, 2009
Me and Sandi

In my 26 years of existence I’ve learned that life is hardly ever fair; in fact a lot of times it can feel like life is kicking your face in, when you’re already on the ground from it punching you in the stomach. In all the times that life was punching me in the stomach, [...]

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100 Things

January 13, 2009
100 Things

The beginning of my “100 Things About Me” photo project.

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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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