Monthly Archives: March 2018

Nice light build

Posted on March 30, 2018 by robertwilkie

Pretty fancy looking and was done with common tools. Curved Wood LED Lamp Needs No Fancy Tools

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Cheap way to add a light to the mailbox

Posted on March 30, 2018 by robertwilkie

The author basically cuts a hole and glues a solar lawn light onto the mailbox.  Not a bad idea, I was at first trying to figure out why the side and not the top, when it dawned on me that … Continue reading →

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Build a harry potter wand on the simple side

Posted on March 28, 2018 by robertwilkie

No need to carve one our, cast it, etc etc…The author takes a chop stick, glue gun, and some nail polish to make one. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Harry-Potter-Wands-With-Weird-Things-H/

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Cool LED affect build

Posted on March 27, 2018 by robertwilkie

Pretty cool build, the author uses an arduino to flicker the color LEDs to get the droplet affect. LED Illusion Makes Colorful Water Drops Defy Gravity

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Look at that, Wireshark can capture raw USB data now

Posted on March 26, 2018 by robertwilkie

You could do thru thru other means in the past, but having a nice visual method to do so is better. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/23457

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Scary how much info FB has on you from your own phone

Posted on March 26, 2018 by robertwilkie

The article just touches on it, but another article shows how you can go and find out what Facebook has scarfed off your phone over the years. https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/if-you-used-android-facebook-probably-has-years-of-your-phone-call-and-text-history/ And https://www.howtogeek.com/346197/ever-wonder-how-much-facebook-knows-about-you-here%E2%80%99s-how-to-see/

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nice write-up on re-using PLA from failed prints

Posted on March 26, 2018 by robertwilkie

Its a pretty nice write up on how to re-use the failed prints as basically a board for a CNC.  In theory you can do the same thing with HDPE.  No so sure how well using a blender is for … Continue reading →

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Make an interactive stand for your Google Home

Posted on March 26, 2018 by robertwilkie

OK the site is thingiverse, but the video with the device to print gives a nice how to build the system.  Basically you are using a Digispark as the controller with multi colored LEDS. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2817612

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RPi to Text tool

Posted on March 23, 2018 by robertwilkie

Nice build, Only thing I wish it could flip pages too. DIY Text-to-Speech with Raspberry Pi

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Adding in threads to wood

Posted on March 23, 2018 by robertwilkie

Nothing odd with the write up at first, you drill a slightly smaller hole, then thread the bolt thru it to create threads.  But the author then adds a small amount of superglue (non gel kind) to the threads to … Continue reading →

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