Sick of hearing about Charlie Sheen’s tiger blood or the political gaffe du jour? This simple DIY project will mute your TV whenever it starts talking about a celebrity or subject you’ve heard enough of. More »
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The Enough Already Mutes Your TV When Overexposed Celebrities Come On [Video]
Posted on August 17, 2011
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The Enough Already Mutes Your TV When Overexposed Celebrities Come On [Video]
Posted on August 17, 2011
Sick of hearing about Charlie Sheen’s tiger blood or the political gaffe du jour? This simple DIY project will mute your TV whenever it starts talking about a celebrity or subject you’ve heard enough of. More »
Build Your Own Seltzer Maker for Homemade Bubbly Goodness [DIY]
Posted on August 10, 2011
Buying lots of soda or other effervescent beverages can be expensive (not to mention hard on the environment, with all the plastic bottles). You could get a soda-making machine in the range of $100 to $200, but a cheaper and more satisfying alternative is to make your own. More »
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Build Your Own Seltzer Maker for Homemade Bubbly Goodness [DIY]
Posted on August 10, 2011
Buying lots of soda or other effervescent beverages can be expensive (not to mention hard on the environment, with all the plastic bottles). You could get a soda-making machine in the range of $100 to $200, but a cheaper and more satisfying alternative is to make your own. More »
Control Your Garage Door Opener with Your Smartphone [Video]
Posted on June 16, 2011
If you’re tired of using a big, separate box to open your garage door, DIYer Lou Pradio shows us how to mod your garage door to open with your smartphone, with only a Bluetooth headset and a $1 transistor from RadioShack. More »
Turn a Pair of $30 Headphones into a $300 Pair [DIY]
Posted on March 18, 2011
If you want high-quality music but don’t feel like shelling out hundreds of dollars for a decent pair of headphones, blogger Stacy D shows us how to turn a cheap pair of knock-offs into a legit set of audiophile headphones. More »
Make Your Own Printed Circuit Boards [Electronics]
Posted on February 26, 2011
If you have ever had a project where you custom designed a circuit, you know how useful it would have been to develop a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) based on your design. Doing it commercially can get expensive fast, so why not do this at home? More »
Getting Started with Arduino Electronics Hacking [Electronics]
Posted on February 5, 2011
We often feature projects here, especially on the weekend, that require the magic of an Arduino processor. If you’ve put off a bookmarked project for lack of Arduino knowledge, now’s your chance to beef up. More »
Weather Strip, Seal, and Curtain Your Windows for Winter Savings [Winter]
Posted on December 7, 2010
High-efficiency furnaces and programmable thermostats can’t help you much if winter seeps in everywhere there’s a view. Luckily, Wired’s How-To Wiki offers a 101 course in weatherproofing your windows. Surprisingly, it actually recommends those hair-dryer-applied plastic window sheets. More »
Unclog a Drain with a Cable Tie [Clever Uses]
Posted on November 19, 2010
Cleaning hair out from your shower drain is a task usually not tended to until it’s a nasty chore. Clear out hair and gunk from your drain in a snap with nothing more than a humble cable tie. More »