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DIY: How To Make Your Own Subwoofer
There's nothing more satisfying than building your own stuff. It's not always easy, but it's always fun to do so, even when it's a challenge. The rewards always outweigh the effort. Dan McGrath has pu...
Unique, Self-Made, Wall-Mounting Twin Hideaway Desks
To be honest, I never was into the whole wall-mounted fold-down desk thing. I know it saves space, but I just don't fall for the, "Nobody will know what it is when you fold the panel up" thing. Just l...
DIY: Building A Cheap Stereo Tube Amp
Only the rich and foolish drop $1000's of dollars on fancy name brand tube amplifiers. Have a few minutes? Feel like risking your life a little bit? These instructions will put you halfway through ele...
DIY: How To Turn Your Old Cell Into A VOIP Skype Handset
Who hasn't got an old cell phone lying around? Almost all of us do, since we change cell phones every other year. There are programs by service carriers to recycle phones, but there are other things t...
Schlage LiNK: Open Your Front Door Through the Internet
Part of us thinks this is cool and part of us is freaked out about the concept. While there are concepts for keyless residential doorlocks and the more familiar combination residential door locks, Sc...
DIY: Stealth Swann Security System, Parte 2
Remember the owl with the SwannDVR4-Pro-Net 4-Channel Security System with 8.4" Monitor stuffed in it? Well, just the camera... That was fun... we also talked a bit about wooden cameras... and this w...
Look! Eepybird's Sticky Note Experiment
EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo. TGIF. We hope you can take some time out of your day, whether it be at the office or your home office, to remember to have some fun. ...
DIY Smart Coasters Tell You What You Already Know
Techie coasters have been popping up everywhere. We've already blogged about coasters themed after circuit boards, floppy disks, pixelated images, Apple compatible icons, vintage records, Polaroids, a...
DIY Project: 1 Door Plus 2 Lack Shelves = 1 Desk
Keeping with the white theme we have going on in home theater setups and even TV's, we are now taking this clean color into the home office with a DIY project that is both cheap and easy....
Vintage Record Coasters: The Easiest DIY Project Ever
Here's a cool way to recycle those old vinyl LPs: just use them as coasters! Of course the one thing you'll have to take into consideration is the moisture, so here are a couple of ideas for you to co...
DIY: 12" Home Subwoofer Parte Uno (Help!)
Hi! This week we are starting a project that will last a few weeks... and it's sort of a Choose Your Own Adventure TM type thing which involves you, the reader. We really enjoy doing these projects b...
Charging Station is Stylish, Sleek and an Easy DIY Project
The benefits of a charging station or docking station when it comes to removing visual clutter are incomparable, but this one is just asking to be added to the list of Easy Ways to DIY a Charging Stat...
Chiquita Banana Recycled Chandelier
While this might not suit everyones' tastes, this project still serves as inspiration for using your creative DIY skills and making something mundane into something beautiful for your home. (It's also...
DIY: Recycled Desk Accessories
We all know the love-hate relationship we have with desk accessories. If you've got some room, some time and zero(!) dollars, try this do-it-yourself project on for size. Afroditi Krassa is launching ...
DIY Project: The Retro New DIY Entertainment Center
AT reader Paul Athens sent us his stereo component/furniture mashup, which combines several different decades of components into an entertainment system with a small footprint and a handsome aesthetic...
iPhone Document Scanner
Cheap and easy. Technically this could work for any camera phone, or standalone camera for that matter, but if you are like industrial design student Kyle Koch, the need for storing all important file...
Pac-Man Mini: Not Yet Ever in Stores
There's an XBox 360 that lives in my entertainment center, but I have to say that my Plug-and-Play Pac-Man/Namco TV Games unit gets much more action. Something about the simplicity of both the setup a...
How To: Create a Digital Memory Wall
This is a great, if slightly difficult and time-consuming, idea from My Home 2.0 DIY. The idea is to hook up a computer, with a bunch of monitors, or "picture frames," to the internet. Then install a ...
DIY: Multimedia Desk, Chapter 3: Hidden Powerstrip
The Multimedia Desk awakens for another episode of tech-infusion. The last time we talked about a cool Cmoy headphone amp being made from the same wood used to make the table. Before that we built t...
IKEA Hacker: A Cheap, DIY Headphone Stand
It's true - those professional-looking headphones look great, but only when they're tucked away or hanging from a beautiful headphone stand and not sprawled all over your desk like a dead rabbit. No w...
Look! Ikea Ramvik Turned TV and Music console
While some of the more practical details are missing, like how the unit is powered and controlled, this Ikea hack is still a very interesting concept. A Microsoft Surface, inspired table for those on...
DIY Project: Reusing Apple Packaging for Décor
Stopped by my screen printer's today to put in a new order of Feral for Life shirts and was reminded of Jason Chaste's rad DIY project in his Teamscreen showroom......
Old Clock Turned Guitar Amp
What to do with a dead clock? Make an amp for your guitar. Yes, not the most logical connection, but hey, Munny figurines have received the speaker treatment so who are we to judge....
DIY Project: Home Office Gets Graphic Punch from Wallpaper
Found on ATSF, the most beautiful wallpaper to compliment your iMac. Anh-Minh first saw this beautiful peacock wallpaper on design*sponge and decided to use it in her own home office......
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