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Duffle/Laundry bag… aka hobo bag.

A few years ago I was inspired by a navy laundry bag I saw in Men of Honor with Cuba Gooding Jr.  The bag was a standard drawstring laundry bag, but it sported a nifty circular bottom instead of the simple flat stitch which creates pointed corners.

I decided to give [...]

New Charge Station for the New Decade

I used the Charge Station I built for a while, but the appearance started to annoy me.  Why would I want to have a plastic tupperware box sitting out in my living room, especially when the duct tape was visible through the frosted top?  The box was too sloppy so I made another attempt [...]

Repair an Ethernet Prong with Zip-Ties

There’s a good tutorial over at Instructables on making custom ethernet prongs out of zip-ties if the original snapped off.  I had a busted cat5 cable causing me trouble and, surprisingly, I had the right size zip ties stowed away in my electronic gear.  So, I gave it a shot.

The result ended up [...]

How to: Laptop battery hack.

Somewhat recently I bought an Acer Aspire One netbook and have been very happy with it so far.  However, one of the downsides is the lack of battery power.  This blog post shows you a DIY upgrade of your original battery.  Creating a battery that is 3 times the weight of the laptop seems [...]

DIY: Charge Station for your Electronic Devices

A while ago I saw an article on Lifehacker about building your own charge station to reduce clutter of adapter wires. The idea stuck in my head, because I often collect a nest of wires at the floor of my desk. These wires often find themselves becoming tangled around the wheels of my chair [...]