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Headlight Maintenance

March 1, 2011 // 0 Comments

There  are a few things every car owner can check to ensure their vehicles are operating safely: properly inflated tires, good brakes, and bright headlights. We have shown [...]

Rockwell BladeRunner FirstLook

February 28, 2011 // 0 Comments

The  Rockwell BladeRunner arrived at the RainyDayMagazine office at the end of 2010. We have finally had a chance to take a FirstLook at the machine. The BladeRunner is a [...]

Valentine’s Day 2011

February 14, 2011 // 0 Comments

How  better to demonstrate your love for your honey-bunny, pookie-bear, or snugglie-poo than by mathematically plotting a heart in three-dimensional space? The best part? [...]

Pelican 1650 Case retrofit

February 8, 2011 // 0 Comments

We posted a FirstLook of a telecope transport case yesterday. The case was originally designed for the military to protect and ship electronic equipment. It happens to [...]

Meade LX200 Telescope Case

February 7, 2011 // 0 Comments

The interns have been researching various options for transporting the two telescopes. There are few telescope case makers and their cases are typically custom-fit units [...]

Superfocus 3D hack

January 18, 2011 // 0 Comments

Stereoscopic photos have been around since the 1800s. Widespread interest in them never really materialized outside of the various blips in popularity (ViewMaster, computer [...]

Sears Craftsman Socket Set

January 13, 2011 // 0 Comments

A  week ago we wrote about our surprisingly pleasant DieHard battery experience at our local Sears automotive store. We now follow up with a story of an even better [...]

LunaTik Installation

January 10, 2011 // 2 Comments

The  KickStarter success story LunaTik is making the rounds in all the business magazines. If you don’t know the backstory, you can catch up on it here. The LunaTik [...]

LunaTik FirstLook

January 7, 2011 // 0 Comments

When  Apple released their 1st generation nano, we were excited about the form factor. We hacked it into our Boxster’s stereo system and were one of the first to [...]

Porsche Project: Battery Replacement

January 6, 2011 // 0 Comments

Most  of our shopping is done online (Amazon, EBay, TireRack, etc…) these days. However, every once in awhile, we still venture into a brick and mortar store for [...]
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