the-big-list-of-things-that-i-could-make-but-am-far-too-lazy

Recumbant

2011-04-28T12:23:00.000+01:00

This is why i need to learn how to weld...

street furniture

2011-04-28T12:15:00.002+01:00

BEEHIVE!!

2011-04-08T12:05:00.000+01:00

Having your own beehive, that'd be cool, right? right?!

You'd be able to make your own honey!

Also, if you eat locally produced honey you dont get hayfever. apparently.

Something to do with building resistance to pollen.. yep.'sright.

I've had a coulple of days where ive already started to sneeze this year, so no way this will be ready in time to stop the two month bararge of plant jizz I normally have to endure.

MapBag

2011-03-23T12:49:00.001Z

MapBag, a LilyPad Arduino-based GPS vibration pointer. Small phone vibration motors built into the chest strap and back always point the way for north. Compass without the hassle.

North Paw

2011-03-23T12:47:00.001Z

"North Paw is an anklet that tells the wearer which way is North. The anklet holds eight cellphone vibrator motors around your ankle. A control unit senses magnetic north and turns on and off the motors. At any given time only one motor is on and this motor is the closest to North. The skin senses the vibration, and the wearer’s brain learns to associate the vibration with direction, giving the wearer an intuitive sense of which way is North. Most people “get it” mere seconds after putting it on, and can then reliably point north when asked."

More inner-vations

2010-08-09T15:56:00.001+01:00

http://en.dawanda.com/shop/kawede

Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.10

Todo

2010-07-19T17:53:00.001+01:00

Learn to code malicious printer programme

Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.8

Minimal bike basket

2010-07-09T13:25:00.000+01:00

Wooden settlers of catan sets

2010-05-27T18:43:00.000+01:00

from Instructables

and BoardGameGeek

Its a puppet!!

2010-05-13T17:21:00.001+01:00

Hurrah!

Admiral Sackbar Hand Puppet

But is it a viable alternative to a £200 lightsaber?

Sloooow Friday

2010-04-30T19:39:00.000+01:00

So slow that i started tinkering with windows script files
Managed to automate logging in to programs that ask for a password at start up. It does mean the pw is kept in the script, but saves a whole 3 seconds!

<package>
<job id="vbs">
<script language="VBScript">
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.run """C:/""", 3 *** change C:/ to directory of program***
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.AppActivate "" ***name of prompt window ***
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}" *** tabs to the password field - login ID stored***
WshShell.SendKeys "PW" ***change PW to your password ***
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.SendKeys "~"
WScript.Sleep 100
</script>
</job>
</package>

3 seconds, 5 times a day, 20 times a month does not add up to the time it took to work out how to do it...

MSDN is useful

Long exposure Pinhole photography

2010-04-18T12:30:00.000+01:00

from the SolargraphyGallery

Six month exposures directly onto darkroom paper tracking the sun's path.
Nice nice easy to follow How-To here.

2010-04-15T21:48:00.001+01:00

new house.. potentially a small room... Contact paper to the rescue!

Chicken!

2010-04-11T23:49:00.001+01:00

Light painting with insects

2010-04-09T12:57:00.000+01:00

@ Photojojo

Micro controller stair lighting

2010-04-06T12:43:00.002+01:00

something similar here too. With a kit.

cloak begone

2010-04-02T20:44:00.004+01:00

ohwell!
better put something interesting up... :)

My camera is due back from the menders after getting its lens straightened, so been looking at photography things again - some nice GIFs at Jamie Martinez' site

brightlightbrightlight.com

Adirondack chair

2010-03-30T13:15:00.000+01:00

Building the shed out of reclaimed windows and pallets has got me thinkin

Neodymium Mangents

2010-03-24T12:47:00.000Z

I have some :D

They are smaller than i was hoping... :(

Tree Book Case

2010-02-01T13:14:00.002Z

via

Ferrofluids

2009-12-07T13:26:00.000Z

Making your own Ferrofluids

12x12 pixel display - snake video

cable drawings

2009-12-02T14:08:00.003Z

Learn CSS....

2009-12-02T13:27:00.000Z

just because

PIR + motor + hose

2009-12-02T12:52:00.000Z

=brilliant

Mini Gardens

2009-11-30T13:37:00.001Z

Winter Skill Courses

2009-11-29T23:29:00.001Z

http://www.highlandguides.com

http://www.alphamountaineering.co.uk/

http://www.mountainplan.com/

http://www.ecossemountains.co.uk/

http://www.abacusmountaineering.com/

http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/course/scottish.html

http://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk/winter-mountain-courses.asp

http://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/

http://www.sandypaterson.co.uk

http://www.mountainplan.com/

http://www.snowdonia-adventures.co.uk/index.html

http://www.focusmountaineering.com

http://www.pyb.co.uk/courses/alpine.php

http://www.climbmts.co.uk

http://www.scotmountain.co.uk

Chain Clock

2009-11-14T18:40:00.001Z

brilliant. bloody brilliant.

nixie tube alarm clock

2009-11-14T10:06:00.002Z

Maker shed hae released a nice kit nixie tube alarm clock - looks very nice indeed, but at $70 seems a little pricy.

VFDs can be picked up pretty cheap - ebay has similar items for £5 or so...

Teacup Stirling engine!

2009-11-10T12:43:00.001Z

Available in a kit for £85... bit much, but looks loooovely.

EDIT: £70 on ebay :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine

Big head

2009-11-09T01:36:00.003Z

using the lovely papakura and a ton of texturing - brilliant project

homebrew ebook readers

2009-11-04T13:33:00.000Z

http://rossum.posterous.com/avr-homebrew-device-with-iphone-aspirations

[hack a day]

mmm.... so minimalist its mental.

Handlebar mount

2009-10-28T14:12:00.001Z

My new LED torch showed up yesterday, faster than i expected from Hong Kong (hurrah for cheap electronics!).

After buying some rechargeable AAAs for it I need to work out a way of mounting it to my bars...

this one looks good - using old inner tubes to create tension

pocket wikipedia

2009-10-27T18:28:00.000Z

Man that looks very cool indeed... gotta be homebrewable...
will look into it

LED pocket watch

2009-10-26T12:49:00.000Z

This looks sparkey and nice.. but far too fiddlely!

Quick masks from masks

2009-10-26T12:46:00.001Z

foot retention

2009-10-22T14:39:00.000+01:00

Have just stuck on a pair of toe clips for the first time, but dismayed at how weak they feel...

Quite a few homebrew type options out there...

Home made double straps

Jols gurney jobs

feetbelts look like a poor man's Powergrips

ICING CUPCAKES!!!

2009-10-16T13:43:00.000+01:00

Daft Punk Costumes

2009-10-14T13:38:00.001+01:00

ELwire is brilliant :)

Perhaps on a smaller scale, this could be integrated onto a messenger bag, one big spiral, blinking with an arduino?

Bike Lights

2009-10-13T13:39:00.000+01:00

Summer is over folks, its getting dark out there....

big silly light project?

Seriously... look at that thing.. 1600 lumens of mental! the heatsink alone must weigh a ton!

Awsome form facor NES Emulator

2009-10-12T11:25:00.002+01:00

Frekin sweet.

NES emulator, 4GB media player, FM radio, TV out. totally sick.

Reminds me of when I thought about mashing-up a nes controller with a mp3 player some time ago.. will have to look in the parts bin and see if i still have the bits..

how to

Messenger Bags

2009-10-09T13:20:00.007+01:00

Not that im a Fixie Hipster or anything... but I could really do with a bigger messenger /shoulder strap type bag. I've got a small one that I use regularly that I picked up from TKMAX years ago. However, its absolutely tiny; it must be 15 litres at the most and really can't fit much in it. When I take my climbing gear with me to work it's bursting out of it throughout the day. and that's with my locks dangling on the outside
So I've started using my Arette 35 but its so bloody huge its ridiculous.
Saw Bre do a weekend projects on messenger bags for MAKE: a while ago, using ironed up bin liners and stolen vinyl from supermarkets... nice video guide

Also saw LFGSS has a nice merged post on some of the forumengers attempts

Also some nice project photos here

Bookshelves

2009-10-08T11:52:00.001+01:00

Went to read a book lastnight, but realised that it was boxed up and inaccessible.
You see, since moving into the small room a few months ago, i've got a lot less space than i used to have - only the top two shelves of the free standing bookshelf get used, the rest are obscured by my bed... This means most of my books are boxed up in a cupboard. The room itslef has a fairly high ceiling (~3.5m )so shelves on the walls would be a great solution.

Turns out there are tons of great, odd looking ideas

Biltong Box

2009-10-06T07:54:00.002+01:00

Moon for anyone?

2009-10-02T16:10:00.001+01:00

X-prizes everywhere at the moment, and although they're pushing development of new technology for they're still not really obtainable for the lazy backroom hacker. Moonbots however, might just be.

Teams will be asked to submit designs illustrating how they will build, program and operate their robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS robotic kits.
Shame it stared in August.

Now.. where did i put that box of technic...

[via ieee]

Word Clock

2009-10-01T13:50:00.002+01:00

Looks totally ace.

However, I bet its harder/ slower to read than numbers or hands on an analogue face.
At least you cant get it wrong - I frequently KNOW the time is 5 past when i look at my watch, but will involuntarily say "5 to" when asked...

Automated Brekfast machine

2009-09-30T10:16:00.002+01:00

Not merely the stuff of Usbourne puzzle adventure books, Yuri Suzuki and Masa Kimura of platform 21 show they've got the nack too.

Edit: video up

Awesome Chessmen

2009-09-29T15:04:00.001+01:00