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The Starry Night Mosaic Table
Many years ago, shiannejessica told me she would very much like to make a tile mosaic on a coffee table, using Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" as inspiration. Being of the DIY persuasion, I...
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Pointilist Edge Lit Card With Auto On/Off Switch
Several months back, I wanted to send a thank you card to the folks at instructables HQ for letting me hang out with them during Maker Faire. I knew a store bought card just wouldn't do, so my mind...
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How to Hypnotize a Chicken
Why, you may ask, would one WANT to hypnotize a chicken? You, sir or madam, are asking the wrong question. The answer to that one is of course, "Why wouldn't you want to hypnotize a chicken!?" The...
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Cheap and Easy Time Lapse Video (Intervalometry)
Time lapse, also known as intervalometry (as in measuring intervals between photographs), is a method of taking pictures slowly over time and then compiling them into a video of compressed time. I've...
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How to View a Solar Eclipse, Sunspots, or the Transit of Venus!
Viewing an eclipse or other solar event is great fun, and an excellent way to involve kids in learning about science. I'm writing this on the evening of May 20, 2012, just after a great annular...
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Magnetic Dry-Erase Wall!
Feast your eyes on the incredibly awesome Magnetic Dry-Erase Wall! I had a problem: we had a dry erase board, and the best place for it happened to be right in a high traffic area of the house. That...
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Blood-Spraying Evil Dead Chainsaw Arm!
Thanks so much to everyone who voted for me in the contest, I was a second place winner! Ah, Halloween is upon us again! I am not as consistently awesome at costumery as my brother, but I have been...
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Necronomicon Ex Mortis: The Book of the Dead!
" . . . and worst of all, the unmentionable Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred, in Olaus Wormius’ forbidden Latin translation; a book which I had never seen, but of which I had heard...
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Brewing Beer . . . With Science!
Today I'm going to share two of my favorite things with you: Science and Beer! My little brother is the brewmaster at Steelhead Brewery here in Eugene, and is truly a master of his craft. He's not a...
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Amazing (and Easy!) Bread From Spent Grains
Please vote for me in the bread contest, just click the vote button at the top of the page! Whenever you brew beer at home, you're left over with a pile of grains that have had the majority of their...
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Letterboxing: The Secret Scavenger Hunt Game
Letterboxing is an amazing (and surprisingly old) outdoor activity that's really cool, a lot of fun, and right under your nose! In short, it's a hide and seek scavenger hunt game played by thousands...
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Blackberry Bacon Cobbler
I think I may have been watching a bit too much Epic Meal Time when I made this! I'd been picking blackberries during my lunch breaks, and trying to decide just what to do with them, when at the...
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Giant Sun Jar
I love my solar lights, as I've documented here and there on this site, particularly those that I put in jars and bottles. I've had this oversize glass cookie jar cluttering up my counter space for...
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Back to the Future: Doc Brown's Mind Reading Helmet
*** Please throw a vote my way in the lamps and lighting contest! ***I love the Back to the Future series. It was definitely a staple growing up, and for Halloween I wanted a costume based on it. Now,...
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Advanced Millefiori Techniques for Polymer Clay
Polymer clay is really cool stuff, it's easy to work, comes in a variety of colors, and hardens at low temperatures in the oven. I occasionally try my hand at some three dimensional stuff, but I'm more...
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DIY Electric Bike!
I live in Eugene, Oregon, one of the most bicycle friendly small cities around, and I really like making use of the many, many bike paths and bike lanes that thread throughout the town and out into the...
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Make A Wi-fi Webcam From An Old Android Phone
***Please send some contest votes my way! I've entered this instructable in the Protected and 3D Design contests and I'd really appreciate your support!***Turning one of my old Android phones into a...
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Magnetic Pixel Poetry
I've always loved magnetic poetry, those little magnet words people put on their fridge. My goal when I spot these in someone's house is to leave the most hilarious haiku I can come up with.I got to...
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Wifi Controlled Roving Webcam!
I've had this idea rolling around in the back of my brain for a few years now that it would be pretty cool to mount a webcam on a remote control car and build a little wifi enabled Mars rover for my...
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Customize Your Skateboard Deck!
My daughter's been bugging me for a long board skateboard for years now. For her birthday this year she only asked for like three things, one of which was a Star Wars Storm Trooper longboard. "I really...
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