Video engineering consultant Erik Utter's 2-yo son turns out to love cables, plugs, and control panels as much as he does. So for Christmas, Utter whipped up this sweet toy patch panel on AutoCAD, had it cut and engraved...

Back in January 2011, I wrote in big red letters on one of the white boards in my office GET THESE DONE! It was the header of a list of issues and desires I had for my home, my work, my office, and my personal life. Now with 2011 ending, I’m ...

Earlier this week we pointed you to a great DIY project about building an animatronic Christmas tree using an Arduino, a servo-motor, and some other odds and ends. Well, it turns out that fjordcarver wasn’t done with the tree when we looked at it, and he’s gone on to add ...

Tired of your ho-hum, bah-humbug, sit-there-like-a-lump-of-wood, old-school Christmas tree? Well, Instructables user fjordcarver has a solution for you. The Instructable includes complete, clear instructions on how to build the tree and its servo-motor animatronics. The work involved is nice and simple, and would make a fantastic project for you and ...

While all of the gentiles (or goyim) are celebrating a holiday where all the gifts are opened at once — after being delivered through the chimney by an overweight icon in a red suit — I’ll be lighting a candle and opening one gift a night, starting Tuesday night at sundown. ...

If you’ve been considering purchasing a 3D printer, I’d like to remind you that the printrbot Kickstarter project is just about over. With less than 9 hours left at the time I write this post, the project’s creator, Brook Drumm, has managed to raise over $700,000 — and is quickly ...

Is this what the kids are calling goth these days? The neck tattoos and pierced septums and stuff? Because back when I was a boy, Goth was just guyliner and trench coats. Like The Matrix. Anyway, I'm pretty sure...

Our good friend Anthony Herrera has done it again. Who wouldn’t want to decorate their homestead with cut-out paper snowflakes in the faces of awesome Star Wars characters. And what’s best is that he’s made all the designs so you can make them yourself, available on his website for free ...

When I was ten, my dad put a bass guitar in my hands. Having been a musician himself, playing in a variety of bands in his youth through his twenties, he was interested in in playing with some accompaniment again. At some point, years before this, my dad acquired a ...

If you’ve been looking for an inexpensive 3D printer, you’ll want to hurry up and take a look over at a Kickstarter project that is wrapping up this week. The printrbot (lowercase spelling is correct) is the creation of Brook Drumm. And while Brook was originally hopeful to get 50 ...