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Turning A Cast-Iron Radiator Into A Water-Cooled PC
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (245+ words) [caption id="attachment_921784" align="alignright" width="400"] Bottom of the cast-iron radiator gaming PC during plumbing. (Credit: Billet Labs, YouTube)[/caption] Water-cooled PCs generally have in... Bottom of the cast-iron radiator gaming PC during plumbing (Credit: Billet Labs, YouTube) Water-cooled PCs generally…...
Fish Drives Tank
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (313+ words) Fish are popular animals to keep as pets, and for good reason. They're relatively low maintenance, relaxing to watch, and have a high aesthetic appeal. But for all their upsides, they aren't quite as ... Fish are popular animals to keep…...
The Long Afterlife Of The Console Modchip
7+ hour, 41+ min ago (543+ words) For a late-1990s engineer with good soldering skills, many a free pint of beer could be earned by installing modchips on the game consoles of the day. Modchips were usually a small microcontroller con......
Color Mixing Spray Paint On The Fly
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (271+ words) One of the problems with being a graffiti artist is that you have to carry around a different spray can for each color you intend to use. [Sandesh Manik] decided to solve this problem by building a ri... One of…...
Computer Terminal Replica Inspired By 70s Hardware
13+ hour, 41+ min ago (253+ words) Not so long ago, most computer users didn't own their own machines. Instead, they shared time on mainframes or servers, interacting with this new technology through remote terminals. While the rise ... Not so long ago, most computer users didn't own…...
Vend-o-Vision: Trading Quarters For Watching TV In Public
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (318+ words) [caption id="attachment_921248" align="alignright" width="400"] The timer mechanism of the Vend-o-Vision. (Credit: SpaceTime Junction, YouTube)[/caption] There was a time before portable TVs and pers... The timer mechanism of the Vend-o-Vision (Credit: SpaceTime Junction, YouTube) There was a time before…...
This LED Strip Clock Aims To Make Your Next One Easier, Too
19+ hour, 41+ min ago (272+ words) At first glance, it may look like [Rybitski]'s 7-segment RGB LED clock is something that's been done before, but look past the beautiful mounting. It's not just stylishly framed; the back end is just ... At first glance, it may…...
Have You Ever Used A Tick Stick?
22+ hour, 41+ min ago (264+ words) Picture this: you have an irregular opening you need to fabricate a piece to fill. Maybe it's the stonework of a fireplace; maybe it's the curved bulkhead of a ship. How do you get that shape? The mos... Picture this:…...
Running A Desktop PC Off AA Alkaline Cells
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (325+ words) Everyone is probably familiar with the concept of battery-powered devices, but generally, this involves a laptop with a beefy battery pack and hardware optimized for low power draw. You could also do ... Everyone is probably familiar with the concept of…...
The Only Snail You Want In Your Garden Is A Seed-Starting Hack
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (137+ words) I must be missing something from this description because I don't see the advantage over a traditional seedling tray, which probably requires less effort to set up and to transfer to pots. I guess it's cheaper since it's made of…...