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Star is making a tarp for ultralight camping. She checks the cloth porosity by trying to suck air through it. If no air goes through, there's no poros...
Jon Pompa crimps cable stay ends.He clamps the crimper in a vise so it's less work to use.First he uses the vice to deform the sleeve and hold the cab...
To get good diffused light on your projects use a "light tent". It's just a white cloth thing with some lights shining on it. The plain white backgrou...
Here's the latest taste sensation. It's also good with honey. Start there. Avocado, water, and honey makes a great drink.There isn't a wrong way to ma...
We live in a degenerate age. Our stoves are wasteful and clumsy.Here's a superior electric skillet from the dark ages. It has a thermostat. A thermost...
Star says: Henry Hallam uses a piece of double-sticky tape on the edge of his desk to keep track of small parts while fixing/assembling things, as wel...
Star says: I made the coolest traveler's sewing kit:combined dental hygiene kit!
Star doesn't have to change batteries on her mp3 player anymore. Here's her swank solar powered music helmet. She's got airline headphones permanently...
Ken Matsumoto in San Jose makes massive stone bowls. Here's one of his polishers. He took a regular hitachi polisher and added a water feed with a bal...
Star went to England. She wrote: I learned of another Cambridge cultural gem: the "Silent Disco". Picture forty people in a room, quietly dancing tog...
Star sent me this photo. This is a bag of military shark repellant from Britain.The instructions say "squeeze bag to produce dense black cloud. Stay i...
This fine cart appeared on our premises recently. Someone cut the sides of the basket off, just leaving a lip to stop things from sliding off. They we...
Here's another dolly made from a shopping cart. It's just big enough to carry an overloaded garbage can to the dumpster. And just high enough to prop ...
I wanted a shelf on the door of my shipping container. Then I realized I could hook a unistrut shelf bracket into a channel in the door. I shoved bloc...
I was given a bike with bulletproof tires, but never knew it. The rest of the bike got scavenged for parts. I tried to take a tire for another bike, a...
Hawaiian Airlines has this sign in their restrooms. It didn't get me to clean the place, but I didn't trash it as much as I usually do.
The rough bottom of a ceramic vessel makes a good sharpening stone. Here I'm sharpening a pair of scissors. A sharp pair of scissors makes a nice soun...
Stephanie Simpson wanted to get over a cold. So she made this head-sized steam tent. She filled the basin with boiling water, a few drops of eucalypt...
Jennifer brings her Clearwire ISP box with her when she travels. Here she is in the Honolulu airport plugged in and online. There's coverage most plac...
What a great way to display what shade of stain you'll get on blonde wood.When the display gets changed, the color samples can be given away to mix pa...
Looking for a fluid level sensor? Here's what's inside a propane tank.The obsolete kind with a round knob on the valve anyway.The float linkage raises...
Sean C. Upton at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has invented a new way to keep his glasses on his face.He cut the earpieces short, put soft rubber pads on ...
At the Saxton's River Vermont 4th of July Parade the locals play a big game of Fire Hose Water Polo every year.It is played by the members of the Saxt...
This gent at burningman is armed with an array of lip balm to help protect the innocents from such hazards as UV, caustic dust, and very low humidity....
These gents in Edinburgh have sexed up their Volvo by adding racing stripes of tape and a number, which are the only things a race car has that are be...
These gents in Edinburgh have tricked out their Volvo's interior to make it totally up-to-date. For instance, they've duct - taped a TV to their dashb...
Tides usually rise and fall much more in the high latitudes than they do at the equator. That means if you park your boat above the high tide, launch ...
Seen at a squatter house in Oakland CA.When they fixed up the front stairs they embedded ornaments in the cement.Good idea well done!
Spraypaint doesn't show up well on a chain-link fence?Drink 200 cans of "energy drink" and you'll think of a solution for sure!Seen under I-80, West O...
My dad pours some automotive antifreeze into the sink to "winterize" our cabin.The antifreeze keeps the water in the drain trap from freezing and brea...
got a sentimental soccer ball that just got run over by a car? Got a sentimental plant in a flower pot that just got dropped? Put them together! Spott...
My cousins hiked the Appalachian trail. They said some of the hikers did it barefoot. When barefooters went to a store or restaurant there was trouble...
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