Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Activity tagged “diy”
Bookmarks
Little Blue Egg « Zone 12 Project
A DIY clone of the Little Green Egg. I'm so totally making one of these.
DIY High-Speed Book Scanner from Trash and Cheap Cameras
Wow, major WANTage here. I bought a ScanSnap about a year ago, and it's been worth its weight in gold: having all my paper documents available on my laptop available for searching is invaluable. It'd be simply amazing to be able to do a similar thing with all my books.
microprinter / FrontPage
“Hackers across the country are buying up old old receipt printers and imaginatively repurposing them into something new. We call them microprinters.”
Flickr: Discussing Cheap Flash Slave / On-Camera Flash Diffuser in *DIY Photography Equipment
Nice idea for a super cheap flash slave.
The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Soldering Cool Neon Wire
An introduction to soldering EL wire (which for some strange reason these guys like to call “cool neon”).
Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics, Inc
Sells all sorts of outdoorsy fabrics for DIY gear. Nifty.
Combination Cables - HomeTech Solutions
Some nice (and nicely-priced) combo cables. The Cat5e/RG6/Fiber drop is awesome — wish I had a reason to use it.
Home Wiring
A great writeup of a DIY home wiring project. I think my house is quite a bit smaller than the author's, but the same principles should apply.
Cool Tool: Home Carbonation System
I've got to make me one of these — I drink *way* too much seltzer.
Lightweight Home Security with Indigo and Asterisk
Sounds like a great and super-cheap way to roll your own security system.
Instructables Interactive Multitouch Display
A DIY multitouch screen. Awesome.
Roast Your Own Coffee at Tastebud Chicago
Chris' guide to coffee roasting. Must try…
Entries
DIY supplies
Since moving to the country a year ago my weekends and evenings have turned into project time. I’m a cheapskate, so I’ve been buying and repairing lots of used tools and making a lot of my own parts. This means I’m constantly looking for some random specific bolt, or a piece of plastic some particular size, or something similarly specific and esoteric. So I starting maintaining a list of the places I go to when I need supplies. It’s really for my own reference, but I figured it might prove useful to someone, so why not put it online?