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fab@home

March 23, 2011 // 0 Comments

Love making stuff? Need a special part? Want it NOW? These are just a few of the reasons why Fab@Home is the gathering place for DIY-ers the world over. What began as a [...]

DIY iPad Brush

March 9, 2011 // 0 Comments

A few review requests have come across our desks recently regarding iPad styli. We have ignored them, mostly because the whole idea of a stylus is pretty silly when the [...]

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 [...]
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