New Arrival: Rat Fink

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We regret to inform you of a delay in Transmission

Makers Faire was awesome! but all of my pics that i had on my phone were lost when the Phone was lost right before we left the event....

so i leave you with a jedi kirby until i find a suitable replacement on eBay


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Makerbot sings Imperial March and makes a Darth Vader Helmet

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Maker Fair was AWESOME!!

Yeah this is Adam Savage and I @ Maker Fair 2009.


Matt and Adam


adam signing matts copy of the Darwin Awards


And this is Mr Jalopy and I right after he signed my Copy of Make


signed by Adam Savage and Mr. Jalopy
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The efforts of using free materials

Well I have been collecting Pallets from a nice company that leaves them outside by the recycling bin, and as much as I like getting them, I HATE pulling the damned things apart.
Theres a good pile of wood that I managed to get from several pallets on the left. As well as the homebrewed Saw Horses made from pallet wood

Halfway through tear down


A view of the side of my house with a buncha crap


The Good....

The Bad....


The Ugly. (insert whistle here)


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3 days and counting!!!!

The Worlds Largest DIY Festival

A two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT,
recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts,
engineering, food, music, science and technology.

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Bring FEARnet Back to YOUR Cable!!!!

Go here to get the latest news about Time-Warner and Brightside cable companies
dropping this Very Awesome Channel!



Check em out on Facebook as well!
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Tomato Hanger How-to....

This is the finished produckt, and this is how you do it...





First, take a 3 liter soda bottle, rinse out, and cut a semi circular "door" flap on one side of the bottle, near what will be the top of the hanger, large enough to insert plant and roots through. Feed the plant, GENTLY through the neck until the rootball is all the way down into the neck. I put some paper towel against the stem in the neck to kinda block loose soil from coming out.


Fill with soil and then either use a hot thick wire and heat it on the stove to make the holes in the bottle or a soldering iron. I also added some Dr.Earth Fertilizer to the soil mix, you may want to do that.







Now, feed some thick twine through the hole and out through the door. Put a washer on it and tie a double knot








Repeat on all the other...whatever the hell you call those bumps on the bottom of the bottle.








You can make your hanger as long as you like. I've made mine about 22" Now you just tie the ends in one big knot, making sure that the hanger is going to be supported evenly by all the ropes.






Place hook where ever it is you want to hang your plant.












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Our cute Friend Lucky

This cat has captured our hearts, we dont know what her name is but Marian saw her one day walking to the coffee shop and was so loving. So every time we walked past the house and she was there, she would come to the side walk and visit. She has gotten used to me picking her up for a little bit and we play all the time. Here, shes testing my finger out for durability. Read More!

my fave tool

my fave tool
Originally uploaded by systembroken2003

this is the most versatile tool i own
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Turntable

another Freebie! A Technics SL-23. It just needs a belt replaced and ill be rockin' like its 1978 again
Yeah this is gonna be so cool when its back on its feet again
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workbench base

workbench base
Originally uploaded by systembroken2003

This is the free cabinet i got last week from a neighbor. It is going to be the base for my workbench in the basement! Just need a top for it
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posting

so I went and made a promise that I would start posting my projects and Im gonna start taking pictures tomorrow and some explanations as well. Read More!