On the forums, I have been chronicling the progress of a pair of Levi’s Shrink to Fit jeans that I’ve been wearing for about a year. In this article I hope to share as much of my experience with these jeans as possible, so I can answer some questions, give you real life details and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'DIY'
The Best Money Decisions I Made Today
February 6th, 2008 · No Comments · DIY, Personal
Today I made three personal finance related decisions today that not only made me feel better about my money but will end up making me more money years from now. What’s even cooler is the whole experience only took me an hour or two.
I called my bank to reduce my loan rate and credit card [...]
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$250 1Tb Raid 5 NAS Appliance
August 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Computers, DIY
That was the goal at least. This is really an article about when to give up on old hardware (atticware). It’s amazing how injecting a bit of money into a project can really increase the stability and usability of the computers involved. But let’s start at the beginning.
I really hate backing up systems; especially after [...]
No Sew Window Drapes
August 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment · DIY
I don’t have a sewing machine and I don’t have the money or inclination to buy commercially made drapes. So what is a classy, city-apartment-dwelling, bachelor to do? Well between eating cheap Chinese delivery, and drinking crystal light with vokda (what did I say…classy), I put together these no sew window drapes for my living [...]
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MythTV throughout the house
August 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Computers, DIY
I have set up a home theater system using MythTV as the backbone. It is basically a single computer that runs both the mythbackend and mythfrontend. After experiencing the joy of grabbing free high definition programming from thin air using a hoop of metal, I wanted to spread that joy throughout my house. Now any [...]
Potato Plastic, Article of the Day
July 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Article of the Day, DIY
Make Potato Plastic is not a wikipedia article…YET. However, I may very well be the most interesting article I’ve read all week. Plus, it gives me ideas. I think I’m going to have to try it if only to experience what kind of physical properties the end results have. From the article:
“Have you ever [...]
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Howto Deep Clean an Apartment
July 8th, 2007 · No Comments · DIY
I had the opportunity to get intimate with dirt during my move last week and I’m here to pass on some tips. Cleaning is one of those joyous tasks that everyone wished they could do more often instead of having that stupid sex or eating ice cream. Regardless of how odious a task it may [...]
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Business Card Boxes
June 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Art & Culture, DIY
It’s and oldie — I know — but a goody nonetheless: you can make a box out of nothing but 6 business cards (and a good looking one out of 12). Here are some instructions to get you started folding and assembling your boxes.
In my case I really enjoyed making one, so I made another. [...]
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New Atticware
October 11th, 2006 · No Comments · Computers, DIY
When i bought my PII I learned the joys of old hardware. Its particularly fun component was an ATI RageII card. Needless to say that machine lacks a desktop environment. I have also been playing with an old Thinkpad that was given to me after it had a run in with some cheery coke. It’s [...]
Tags: Hardware
