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Upcycled Suitcase Liquor Cabinet

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:17:03 +0000

This may seem like fimiliar territory, butI have created another liquor cabinet suitcase. This one has a way better story. I found it at the Brooklyn Flea in early January. After buying it for 25 bucks from a very nice man named Lionell, I took it home and started to plan it out. The major differences include, a hiding spot for a 6oz steel flask, and a cherry oak stain. The hinge on the side swings out a bit to reveal extra lables and a bottle opener.

I’ve created an etsy account and the listing can be found HERE. I’m trying to recoup the cost of parts and labor, not much more. I had a blast covering my room in sawdust to get this thing looking so nice. All I can hope is that someone actually wants to buy it. An entire photoset can be found HERE, and features various photos throughout construction.

This Jen, Is The Internet

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:14:36 +0000

I love the IT Crowd, if you haven’t seen it. PLEASE go out and pick up the DVDs of all three seasons. They get progressively better, and the best episode so far was in the middle of Series 3, Episode 4 titled “The Speech.” Jen has to give a speech as employee of the month about her field (IT/Computers) but doesn’t know anything about the subject. So she is helped out by her two coworkers and given “THE INTERNET.” I can’t tell you how many times I laughed at this scene and decided I must build my own.

This week, a new instructable came out about how to build a circuit that would do the same thing. I already had a blinking LED light from my robot santa costume, so I modified that a little bit, added a switch to turn it on and off without having to open the box and presto, I have the internet. I can’t hang onto it for that long though, I’ve got to take it to the top of the Empire State Building, where it gets the best reception.

NES Apple Remote

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:09:19 +0000

About a year ago I started this little project to wire my apple remote into an NES controller. At the time I had a really difficult time and it didn’t actually work out. This week I decided to dust it off and try again. My soldering skills have improved greatly as well as my understanding of electronics.

Here is the instructable I used to complete the project, and below is a video of it in use. You can control itunes with it. If I ever decide to turn my macbook into a low powered entertainment center for my kitchen someday, this might come in handy.

Handset Microphone

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:06:33 +0000

I came home and decided to turn a discarded handset earpiece into a microphone. So far it is only in mono, so next step is try to get the sucker into stereo and build a presentable case.

Here is the final project. I placed it into a little enclosure. It works pretty well, still in mono, but super portable and just sounds cool. Not bad for a boring Friday afternoon.

Beginning of a New Project

admin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:21:00 +0000

With that… it starts. Every week I would like to start an exercise in creativity. I am going to try to create… something, anything once a week. So expect some sort of project to be competed by the end of this week. One time it might be a video, or another it is a collection of photos I went out to take. Maybe a writing piece. I don’t know, I just want to create.

Enjoy,
Nick