Office Chair Land Speed Record?
I had the very excellent opportunity to take the Office Chairiot™ into an empty office suite in our building this afternoon. It was not the adrenaline rush that I used to get skydiving, but it...
View ArticleVentilation Upgrade
See how I made my office desk, which is situated near a very warm window, much cooler and comfortable.The post Ventilation Upgrade appeared first on Stuff Andy Makes - DIY, make, tinker, play.
View ArticleLED Reading Lamp
I'm building a bright LED reading light that will be powered by a "9V" wall wart power supply and will use a flexible stem to position the light to not disturb my wife while I read and she sleeps.The...
View ArticleSwanky Chinese Lamp
OK, I am not making one of these and I did not make this one, but I consider this to be super-swanky and a must-show-off piece in my collection of strange old things. I inherited this from my...
View ArticleUpdate: LED Reading Lamp Materializing
For those of you with short attention spans, like me, here is a quick and lame video I threw together in iMovie: I am building this for the new awesome bed I will be building this winter for our...
View ArticleLED Mood Lamp
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve attached PDF files of the pentagon PCB and the motherboard PCB. If I had time to label them and make them pretty, I would, but this was never designed for mass production or...
View ArticleDesktop Warp Core – The Early Years
Well, we’ve moved into a new and larger space at the office and we sit at these massive wood and steel desks as teams. Our team decided we needed more “flare” at our desk, so, of course, a big-ass warp...
View ArticleDODOcase for iPad 2 DIY Magnet Upgrade
I LOVE my iPad 2. To protect it, I HIGHLY recommend the DODOcase (http://www.dodocase.com/products/dodocase-for-ipad2). My only complaint would be the lack of a magnet in the case to...
View ArticleDesktop Warp Core – The SMD LED Strip Years
I threw together a video of the warp core’s control circuit and eight stupidly bright white SMD LED strips for the rings. The original rings were going to be through-hole bright LEDs, but I realized...
View ArticleSolenoid-Powered 6″ Brass Bell
I mentioned in an earlier post that I was working on a project that would help us to hear the doorbell out on the back patio. The problem is that the doorbells themselves are upstairs inside the house...
View ArticleRoboStocking – AVR, Servo, Motor, IR Sensor, and BOOM!!! Merry Christmas!
At the office, we decided we were going to have a stocking decorating contest for Christmas. The rules were pretty lax, so I immediately thought of interactivity and electronics and blinky lights and...
View ArticleAC Current Detection with Allegro AC756 Linear Current Sensors
I received an Allegro AC756KCA-050B from my friends over at Element14 (Newark.com) and I wanted to see if this little gadget would make it easy to sense when the doorbell was ringing. As it turns out,...
View ArticleBackyard Propane Fire Pit, Pavers and Outhouse Project
We HAD three citrus trees in our backyard. They were lined up at the west end of our pool (top right of the photo below). The middle tree was called, “Frankencitrus.” It had lemon-esque fruit on it,...
View Articlemeltmedia Hack Day July 2012!
I work for an amazing company that has an equally amazing culture: meltmedia, in Tempe, Airzona. Those without a sense of humor need not apply. We do things like company outings in the middle of the...
View ArticlePC Power Supply Repurposed for Bench/Breadboard/Tinker Use
A friend and coworker of mine sent me a text today asking if I had instructions on how I built my benchtop power supply from a computer power supply. I realized that I had not written about that on...
View ArticleSave Buckyballs Rare Earth Magnet Desk Toys!
Consumer Safety Protection Commission FAIL! This blog is all about making things, tinkering, DIY, etc. It’s not a political site. However, when I heard that the Consumer Safety Protection Commission...
View Article2012 Kentucky Bourbon Trail
I now make the yearly pilgrimage to the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. I start out by flying into Nashville, Tennessee to make the road trip with my best friend, Dan. I’ve known him for 30 years (insert...
View Article2012 Kentucky Bourbon Festival
2012 was the second year I visited Kentucky for the Bourbon Festival. Just like 2011, it was a hoot. This time around (see my previous post) I was able to hit the entire Kentucky Bourbon Trail in one...
View ArticleiPhone Lens Adapters from Photojojo
I’ve seen a few different add-on lenses for iPhones out there and decided to nab a set for myself to make my detail photos and product shots a little more neato. I went with the Photojojo three-lens...
View ArticleCharlieplexing LEDs with an AVR ATmega328
This is the first in a two-part series. This first article made me realize there’s a lot of ground to cover and we’re already in the tl;dr territory. UPDATE: The MAKE Magazine Blog asked me to make...
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