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Here are some things that I think are rather neat.
Shadow Casts: This is a GREAT idea. I'm going to make a few things and see how SAMart likes them...
The human plot thickens: Neanderthals and humans... this does support my developing theory of humanity.
Super super: Pretty much the best game ever.
Sales Tips: If I'm going to get into sales, I might as well get versed in Gitomer.
Panda evolution: The panda is a fantastic example of evolution.
Econopocalypse averted: Looks like this last quarter came with a 3.5% growth. Is this recession over?
Soda Blasting: Looks like using baking soda as a sand blasting medium is good, and good for you! (or rather, not bad for you)
Flixel: Games that go on and on forever.
Street Dyno: I'm going to be measuring my car's horsepower soon.
DIY inductive pickup: DIY in-car dyno requires a DIY inductive pickup.
DIY accelerometer: Another gauge to have in the 510.
Serpant with clawed foot: Hrm. Theological implications are frightening.
Battery desulfator: Need a recharge? So does my van battery. This may fix that.
You probably shouldn't eat that.: Turns out that high fructose corn syrup is made with mercury.
Why we say "bad" words?: Apparently, it's useful for pain management.
Colors of mucus: Yellow mucus is A-ok!
Everyday Olympia: Hyperlocal online news, for my area. neat.
Guitar cord chart: Might as well have a guitar cord chart handy.
Glowing Dogs: Those Korean mad scientists have done it again!
God and Science: Some appologetics links. Useful for clarifying the text.
lmgtfy: hahahaha... BRILLIANT!
yeast play games: Applying game theory to bacteria. Fascinating.
more knife forging: An even better forged knife.
knife forging: This should help me make knives.
Anvil making: If I can't buy a big anvil, may be I'll make one...
metalworking eBook: This is apparently THE book on metal work, with a large section on forging.
local blacksmith supply: Now I have a coal supply for my blacksmith needs.
Magenta: It isn't a color. Really!
DIY Trumpet: Why not make your own trumpet?
homegrown: Social networking for gardening hippies like me!
Terra Commons: Every lawn should be edible.
OT maps: Useful for some Old Testament biblical geography info.
TeethGrinder Graphing: Open source graphing utility to make my trackeverything site even cooler.
Survivalist Suburbs?: Maybe suburbs can be self-sufficient.
Make yogurt: I'm going to make lots and lots of yogurt. Forever!
Musicovery: Find music based on your mood. Clever.
Handy javascript drawing library: This should make game-making a little more interesting.
Stacey Lee Webber: A strange and wonderful collection of metal art work.
Gold!: My welded figurines found themselves in the goldmine over at the SomethingAwful front page. Nice!
Paper Mache: I like paper mache - the end product appears organic, much like my welded figurines.
HIV Cure found: Holy smokes. Life finds a way -- this is very exciting news!
Bullying may be genetic: While this may raise a nature/nurture question, it does raise the question of free-will in the hands of bullies.
Fungi made fossil fuels: I knew that we weren't just driving on the old bones of dinosaurs.
6-minute superhero : This is a cute project. My daughters don't always have to play princess dress-up. They can play SUPERHERO dress-up!
Our beautiful sun: The nearest star sure is amazing.
Darwin at Home: Some electronic evolution examples. Very cool.
Methane time bomb: What is that smell?
IMDB video: IMDB/Amazon is now hosting free movies and TV shows.
Studio 23: Local welders. I happen to know one of them.
Forge a knife: I've got a forge now. Time to make a knife!
Take a nap: Naps are good for you. I'm gonna start taking them at work.
DIY Forge: I'm pretty sure I could make this... but where am I going to put it?
Papercraft Tool: Well, here's another free-time killer. Woo hoo!
cat chaise: Cardboard furniture. For my cat.
Goodbye, English: We may have to re-learn English in the future.
Cthulhu-bot: Cute. I'm going to make one.
Nanotube radio: They can make radios small enough to insert into your blood stream!
Metallic glass: It's all about pentagons. Who knew?
Collective nouns: Rather useful.
King of America: No. It's not Bush. It's Rev. Moon.
E.Coli Cit+: Evolution in the E.Coli bacteria. Exciting and scary.
Mars: I'd love to visit.
Quiet sun: The sun is strangely quiet these days. Too quiet.
A twist to evolution: Complexity theory fascinates me.
Dow Chemicals: Expensive: Looks like the price of everything is going up. Sucks.
Feeling frugle?: This lady is the queen of coupons.
First flying man: We're getting closer and closer to the future, folks.
140 year old supernova: That's not very old. And not very far away.
Shakelight: I'm going to make my own. No sense in spending $20 on somebody else's DIY hobby.
Ethics of life: What does it mean to kill an organically grown leather coat?
Toppling the phone industry: This looks promising. I may have to do something similar at home.
Orange peels: The beauty of the inside of an orange peel.
Firmware upgrade for my camera: Woohoo! This will let me do all sorts of tricks with my camera. Fun!
Aerogel - brew your own: Who knew this stuff was so simple?
Easy mini CNC: Wow. This is easy.
Blueberry propogation: I'm doing this in the late spring.
Regeneration is here: What a benign way for the end of the world to arrive. Not by chips, but by regeneration. Maybe this is why God forbade pork...
Compfight: Search through Flickr pictures. Very handy for browsing CC images.
DOM and nodes: If you're gonna code in javascript, you need to know this.
Mind-reading is coming: The machines will know what we think. What we desire.
Airborne = fraud: I KNEW it. I said this all along.
Holograms!!!: It's the real deal - the Japanese have done it!
Snow-causing bacteria: More evidence that biology affects weather.
oobject: A directory of oddball gadgets.
We can see atoms: And in color, too.
DIY Playhouse: My kids are going to love this when I'm done with it.
Messenger Bag: I like storage. Even bags.
Tig welding tips: I'll be tig welding in no time.
Linux CNC software: I do believe I now have everything I need to get started.
DIY Tig welder: I've already got most of what I need for this. Sweet.
Want to work for WA?: This is where to start.
Learning the mandolin: I play. This will help me play better.
11 year old guitar player: This kid is amazing. Absolutely amazing.
DIY air/fuel meter: Because spending $10 is better than spending $40. That, and DIY rules.
Music is free: Looks like the music industry just caved in to consumer demand.
Lego day: Today is Lego day. Happy Lego day.
shorttext: Prevent WALL-OF-TEXT on forums by linking to shorttext. Very handy.
Handy diagnosis chart: Search by symptom. Very useful, but not a substitute for medical advice.
Link from rats to bats: Terribly compelling case for evolution. It makes a lot of sense.
kimbap: I'm going to make kimbap this weekend. I might even blog about it.
High Dynamic Range: Taking pictures of things just got neater.
SimCity - FREE!: The original SimCity has gone open source as "Micropolis," and is freely available for use/reuse.
Electronics stock photography: If I need pictures of electronic doodads, I've got it covered.
Upgrading my router: This'll turn my $60 router into a user-friendly $600 router.
Balancing Robot: We have come a long way since the Segway.
Stacking LEGO blocks: Why did I never think of this?
Video Trace: Rapid interactive scene modelling from video. This is amazing.
Even better ring light: This is a much better way to build a ring light.
Joule thief: Yup. I'm making one of these, too.
CSS text wrap: It's not just rectangles anymore.
Zetix: Blastproof fabric.
Mind Control Toys: This is the next phase of our evolution.
Shotgun rules: Calling shotgun? Better read the rules.
Newspaper bricks: This is amusing. I'm going to make one.
LED ring light: This would be nice for my camera.
Flying Suit: What's the difference between falling and flying? A wing-suit.
Möbius transformations: Math is fascinating
The SU-30MK: I would like to fly one of these
The bloop: What ocean creature is larger than a blue whale? I dunno. But it scares me.
Steampunk everything: I like steampunk.
Capacitor codes: Reading capacitor codes
Schematic for 8 watt amp: Aaron Cake has a fantastic project site.
Fast food data sheets: Want to know how calories are in that triple cheeseburger?
Kaizo Mario: A run-through of goons playing Kaizo Mario.
DIY Speaker: Making a speaker with a magnet, coil, some glue, paper, and a plastic cup.
Online vectorizer: This turns your bitmaps into vector images. Not perfect, but useful.
Tesla playing Mario: Tesla coils set to MIDI, playing the original Super Mario Bros. theme song.
The Hydropolis: The idea of an underwater hotel is exciting and frightening at the same time.
Picking the right speakers: Amps, ohms, watts, and speakers.
Schematic Heaven: More audio schematics.
Laser printed circuit board: This is the best DIY circuit board tutorial I've seen.
Tutorials on visual web stuff: Tutorials for Flash, CSS, Photoshop, 3ds Max, etc.
Making your own music: This guy is quite an inspiration for making DIY stomp boxes.
String theory: String theory explained in 2-minutes or less.
Liquid Rescale: Fantastic new Gimp plugin: Liquid Rescale. This is very powerful.
Photoshop tricks: Turning pictures into movie stills.
Electronics: This is the best intro to electronics I've seen on the net.
We are in a recession: Ah yes. Fools and their money. This is not good news.
Political signs: Know your rights. Your HOA can't prevent you from posting signs.
X-Wing model flies: This is sure to get the Star Wars fans drooling.
Pain beam: There are many more bad uses for this thing than good ones.
Color palette generator: Derive color palette from a submitted image.
Genetic algorithm tutorial: Electronic evolution is terribly entertaining.
Bee hive in a jar: I like bees.
Chip implants leads to cancer: One more reason to reject being chipped.
Popcorn is killing us: Common chemical in popcorn at center of concern.
200,000 galaxies in alignment: 200,000 galaxies can't be wrong.
Interfacing GD library: Creating images on the fly with Perl
Resistor color codes: Handy resistor chart.
IR paint remover: Removing paint with a DIY speed heater.
Book binding: How to bind your own books.
Yamaha Parts Catalog: This will help me get my motorcycle running.
Water motorcycle: Motorcycle for the water.
Copper cleaning: You can clean copper with vinegar and salt.
Got lactace?: The gene to tolerate milk only occurred a few thousand years ago.
Mouth-to-mouth: not so good.: Chest compressions alone is more likely to save lives than adding mouth-to-mouth.
Tougher than diamond: Barium titanate and molten tin: stiffer than diamond. But only between 58ºC and 59ºC.
$25 car survival kit: In case you get stuck in your car. And a home kit makes sense, too.
Horizontal Gene Transfer: Quite a defense for evolution. Even covers our adaptive immune system.
Bacteria-generated fuel: This should prove to be much more efficient than the ethynol-creation process.
Soda = DNA damage: This is why I've cut back on my soda drinking. That, and the sugar intake.
DIY Welder: From Afri-gadget, a DIY welder.
Carbonating at Home: How to make your own home-brew soda.
Neil's Rotating Composter: A composter made from a 55 gallon drum.
$50 Paint Job: Rust-o-lium and paint thiner = cheap auto paint.
Green Steam: I'm not sure what I'd do with a steam-powered engine, but it sure looks cool.
Underwater Cabin: This is one of the many things that I'd like to do.
Water Cone: What a simple way to collect clean water. It's brilliant!
Dick Bear's McBearen/Mclaren: This guy made a race car.

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