Posts Filed Under — DIY

[ March 17th, 2010 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Millenium Falcon Dreamcast a Well-made Reminder of the Sad Demise of Sega

Okay, so Sega did end up becoming the third wheel in the console wars and things are probably better with game makers focusing on two-and-a-half consoles instead of three – but the Dreamcast had some great games, didn’t it?
This is without a doubt the coolest Dreamcast case mod I have ever seen.
[Geekologie]

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[ March 9th, 2010 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Fail Bacon Rocket, Fail

I’ve gotta tell you, I find the guy presenting this bacon rocket video rather annoying (I don’t know if it is him, the soundtrack or a combination of the two), which makes the schadenfreude all the more delicious when the project ends in inevitable failure. [Geekologie]

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[ March 9th, 2010 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Mind-bending Strobeshnik HDD Clock

While HDD clocks are nothing new, they usually amount to little more than an unmoving hard disk drive with a clock mechanism crudely attached. The Strobeshnik makes use of the drive’s motor and loses the platter in favor of a single spinning disk with numbers punched into it and some LEDs. The effect is awesome [...]

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[ March 2nd, 2010 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Working Lego Star Wars Foosball Table – Too Much Awesome For One Build

A kickass-looking homemade foosball table would be noteworthy in and of itself, but building one that actually works out of Lego, with a Star Wars theme, takes it to a whole new level.

[2x4 via Gizmo Watch]

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[ February 23rd, 2010 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

CubeStormer: Lego Rubik’s Bot is Worlds Fastest, Best Looking

The Cube Stormer is allegedly the fastest all-Lego cube solving robot that has ever been built. While not in any sort of position to confirm or deny those claims, I am able to tell you that it is, without a doubt, the most badass looking Rubik’s bot I have ever seen.
From the maker:
The Worlds Fastest [...]

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