Tag: DIY
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Replacing a loud fan in my home ZFS NAS
The blue-LED fan I have in my ZFS on Linux NAS is a bit louder than the other fans that I’ve been hoping for. I am going to replace it with a 600rpm fan. You will notice that I have drilled extra ventilation into the top case panel. Notice the clear-plastic fan. It…
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DIY Spirograph
I saw this in a maker book and I must say that the editing of the book was deplorable. It was edited for brevity and not for guidance. This will need a complete rebuild to actually work.
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DIY Travel Mug Lid
I lose lids off of travel mugs frequently. The great shame of travel mugs is the cheap caps that just fly off, into traffic, when biking. For a while I had been using lids from other disposable coffee cups. But then I found a lid to an empty peanut butter jar. So, pop quiz: how…
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Standing Workstation 2012
I’ve been computing at a standing workstation since 2010, and since then I haven’t had my lower back bother me for a while. When beginning my new job at Candela Technologies, I got a new workstation and decided to build…eh…over-build an adjustable multi-monitor standing workstation. Turns out it looks a lot like a mining frame…
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Details of Male Pneumatic Bike Hitch
I tacked the inner tube strips on to the copper pipe and chain stay with electrical tape. This keeps the assembly in place while tightening the hose clamps on.
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Towing a Wire Hand Cart?
I really like the idea of the Burley Travoy, which is a much refined version of the concept of pulling something like a (Whitmore) wire utility cart–the kinda cart that “grandmas” do their shopping with. Well…i’m not a grandma, and I don’t ride a fasionable bike, either. So, when packing a pile of canvas sacks…
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