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Every computer tech knows that computers are not an exact science. We use methods that we know work, not because they make any sense. Plus, some people believe we work ‘magic’ and that’s because we do. I’ve been in the

A loooong time ago, I saw an ad for a cigarette lighter drive for a computer. It was only fourteen dollars, but I’d thought it would be more fun to make one myself. Lighters run on 12 volts and I

This was my summer of 2018 laser cutter project. (See my Roddy Piper Tribute on why I have to use the laser cutter at work.) I wanted to design my own dice tower, and I wanted it to be strong

Silliness. I found this picture when I was sorting through some things. I didn’t even know I had it. I made this well over ten years ago and I have no clue if/where it exists today. I was having a

One day at work, the janitors were throwing away a twelve inch clock because it was broken. I grabbed it up because I knew I could do something with it. A long time ago, my mother made me a clock

Originally this was the Novell server at Kentson when I started working there. When it came time to dump it, I thought it was too pretty to throw away. So, my friend George helped me put on a handle, some

The art department at work has a laser cutter and I HAVE to use it. If the cutter goes too long without being used, the gases can separate and it can cost a few thousand dollars to fix. So, during

Book folding is the art of folding pages in a book to make a picture. The cool thing is that you’re not cutting anything and the pages can be unfolded to restore the original book. The first time I saw

I found an old Sandisk SDDR-05 flash reader. A co-worker made a disparaging remark about it being white so… I always thought it looked like some creature with glowing eyes. It might have been designed to look like that, but

I did this one well over a decade ago. Parts are pretty simple – an old AT motherboard, two mice, dowel rods, and picture hanging hardware. I’d make more, but these days, motherboards are more square than oblong. I’d like