DIYs & Mods

Make Your Own Rubik’s Cube Using Your Old Keyboard

Sure, you might be saying to yourself, what’s the use of destroying a perfectly good Rubik’s cube just so you can rebuild it using old keyboard keys? And I say to you… are you INSANE? If you want to get into the technicalities of things, what’s the point of doing anything for the sake of nothing? There doesn’t have to ...

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Felt-Crafted iPad: More Cushion for the Pushin’

Tired of the extended wait for an actual iPad, Jason Guest decided to take matters into his own hands and produce his own hackneyed version of the iPad… completely composed of felt. Arts and crafts are back in a huge way among the geek community and this addition to the crafters�arsenal�is a welcomed advancement in felt technology. In fact, it ...

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Explosive Color!: Crayola Crayon Rockets Soar Into The Sky Blue Heavens

Here is a case where a blown-up object literally gets blown-up. These XXXXXXXL Crayola Crayons are doubling as rocket projectiles. Why? Well, for one, they ARE sort of rocket shaped, so it makes sense in that regard. Number two, it’s just a really bitchin’ idea. Who doesn’t like blowing crap up? Designed by John Coker, who may or may not ...

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Triforce Latte Restores All Three of Your Hearts

So picture this. Your playing Zelda and your down to your last half heart. Your completely out of water and there’s a mob of enemies approaching. What do you do? What… do you do? What else can you possibly do? You pause the game, run into your kitchen, grab your cup set and you make a Triforce Latte as quick ...

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Nintendo Wii Laptop

Ben Heck forum contributor OMGpedobear created this Nintedo Wii Laptop from scratch, including some pretty cool LED action, if you’re into that sort of thing. While the internals might not be the most organized or secured set-up we’ve ever seen, we always love to see modding geniuses working for the geeky cause of making full-scale gaming as mobile as possible. ...

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Create a Mini-Movie Theater With Your iPhone and a Shoebox

Most of us aren’t blessed enough to build our very own full-sized or even snack-sized movie theater in our home. But thankfully many of us have been able to pony up the dough for an iPhone. With a little imagination and some help from the wonders of arts and crafts (yes, I realize I sounds like Barney the Dinosaur here. ...

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Turn Your Old Apple iBook G4 Into a Clock

Now that you’re planning on integrating the iPad into your daily browsing scene, you’ve been thinking of cutting down on some of your other gadgets since the iPad is supposed to be such an “amazing” browsing experience. Ok, that’s cool. Understandable. But it’d be a shame to just toss your old iBook G4 into the wind with the birds. There’s ...

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Steve Jobs Unveils the iPad (in Diorama Form)

That’s all we need is to rehash the underwhelming experience of the iPad unveiling, but alas, this diorama does exactly that, illustrating El Jobso displaying the iPad over his head like it was some sort of baby lion royalty. Sure it’s cure and all, dude, but if anything the iPhone unveiling would be the announcement worthy of a diorama. But ...

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How to Turn Your PC into a Mac

There’s nothing a little tape won’t fix. Ever wondered how to fit in with the rest of your college buddies? Grab an apple and a big ole’ roll of tape and get to it. No one will be able to tell the difference, I promise. They still haven’t figured out your scale in an iPhone costume isn’t actually an iPhone, ...

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The Coolest Ink Cartridge Chandeliers Ever

Need I say more? In this case I indeed do need to say more. Have you ever considered the piles of piles of ink cartridges rotting at our nation’s landfills. Not sure what the half-life is on those things, but something tells me there’s a whole lot more use you can get out of them. And of course, as usual, ...

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