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Leonardo da Vinci collection

November 16, 2011 // 1 Comment

Tesla, Edison, Jobs are names we all know well. We associate them with inventions which forever changed our lives. However, hundreds of years before them lived an inventor [...]

Armstrong Ceiling Install

November 8, 2011 // 0 Comments

Recently we got a call from one of our editors in New York asking if we would be interested in coming down for a RainyDayRenovation project. Apparently, the tiles of the [...]

550 Paracord Belt

November 1, 2011 // 0 Comments

Maybe it was the buckle with the rescue whistle. Maybe it was the idea of having quick access to 50′ of rescue rope. But when we read the [...]

Installing ofxKinect for OSX

October 25, 2011 // 0 Comments

Playing  with the Kinect hacks are a lot of fun. Getting the hacks to work on the Mac, not so much. OK, not AS much. However, we REALLY REALLY wanted to see the Kinect [...]

Unpacking an LCD TV

October 21, 2011 // 0 Comments

One  would think getting a TV out of the box would be no big thing, but a large screen LCD TV is kind of unwieldy. While not very heavy, thethe LCD TV panel is wide and [...]

The Cult of LEGO

October 20, 2011 // 0 Comments

John  Baichtal is a contributor to MAKE magazine (awesome for their articles on DIYs, hacks, and other such things) and Wired’s GeekDad blog. John has written for [...]

Jura Z7 Grinder Cleaning

October 19, 2011 // 0 Comments

Yesterday  we posted the first part of the teardown of our Jura Z7 coffee machine. Today, we will show how to take apart the grinder, clean it, and put it back together. [...]

Jura Z7 Grinder Teardown

October 18, 2011 // 0 Comments

The  Jura Z7 coffer maker has been in daily use since last October. While we loved our Z5, the newer Z7 unit is a lot quieter both in its grinding and coffee-making [...]

Paradise City Art Festival 2011: Northampton

October 11, 2011 // 0 Comments

The weather this weekend could not have been more perfect for a road trip. We took full advantage of it and drove 100 miles out to Northamptom for the Paradise City Art [...]
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