Blog posts in category “maker”
Grass Labyrinth
I’ve been cleaning up several acres of old hilly pasture overgrown with tall grass, and decided to set aside a relatively flat chunk of it to try making some sort of labyrinth.
Foyer Storage
I’ve been wanting to upgrade the storage situation in my foyer for a few years now. Among other things, the old shelving didn’t really have any places to hang coats and hats for visitors, and the shoe storage cubes were a bit small so fitting two shoes into a compartment could be awkward.
Subwoofer Repair
Around a week ago I pulled away enough of the fabric panels to reach my main subwoofer with a flashlight, and found that it’s dead.
I Finally Built a Computer Cage to Keep the Cat Out
The kitten no longer bites my computer cables [much] but he still wants to crawl around in them. More recently he started climbing up the back of the machines to lie on top, which is where the intake fans are for the CPU cooler so that has to stop. In his climbing on the connectors he also did something to one of the machines that screwed it up so bad that I had to temporarily unplug all the cables to get it to boot at all.
I Got My First DIY Lighting Fixture Completed
I’m converting a room from clutter storage back into usable space and it needs more lighting. It had some old 2-bulb fixtures I’d outfitted with bright CFLs but it’s still not enough.
Shaky Rig 2: Electric SimVibealoo
An upgrade to my driving rig to make it tilt and shake even more.
My SimVibe Overkill Rig
The goal was to take my existing Open Wheeler cockpit and make that sucker shake.
The Magnetic Theater Overhaul (image heavy)
A several-week project to turn a living room into a dedicated home theater. Originally posted to avsforum in 2014.