Category Archives: Makin’ Stuff

DIY 11 inch Macbook Air sleeve

Posted on January 22, 2011 by alan

I got tired of waiting for someone to make a sleeve for the 11 inch Macbook Air so I made one myself. One padded envelope sized to fit: $1.75 When it wears out in a month or two I’ll get … Continue reading →

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Regulatory Strangulation

Posted on September 7, 2010 by alan

Borepatch explains what underwear, bleach and Sarah Palin have in common.

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1/10th Scale Saturn V Launch

Posted on September 8, 2009 by alan

X-Rays come from the darnedest places

Posted on October 26, 2008 by alan

So you can make anything – including an X-Ray machine with tape. It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays. The researchers even made an X-ray image of … Continue reading →

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Make a Kindle USB Charger

Posted on May 6, 2008 by alan

Amazon’s concept for the Kindle is to divorce the reader from the PC. You don’t even have to own a computer to enjoy the Kindle because you can purchase and download all your books directly from Amazon without having to … Continue reading →

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