My good friend David Simpson sent me an email tonight with a link to a really cool story. I love a good story and I love a good gadget. Make it a 3 part story about a homemade gadget given as a wedding present and you’ve got a real winner on your … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Do-It-Yourself, GPS

Tagged: geocache, GPS

Homemade Geocache Puzzle Box originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 18, 2009 at 8:31 pm.

Dremel. My all-time favorite power tool, just the name gets my creative juices flowing. I have owned several of these tools and was excited to be offered the chance to review this edition along with their EZ Lock mandrel system. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Do-It-Yourself, Home Tech

Tagged: Tools

Dremel 300 Series 1/24 Kit, with EZ Lock Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 30, 2009 at 10:13 am.

Some gadgets are useful and some are just cool.  The Faucet Light from Science Toy Store can be both.  The blue Faucet Light is just cool.  It is switched on by the pressure of flowing water and turns your water stream a pretty blue.  The light … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Do-It-Yourself, Home Tech, News, Spotlight Gadgets

Tagged: Home improvement gadgets

Faucet Light from Science Toy Store originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 15, 2009 at 9:00 am.

Only one of these won’t do

In fact, neither will just two

You really need three

For stability

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Filed in categories: Do-It-Yourself, Miscellaneous

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No – you don’t eat ‘em originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 5, 2009 at 10:00 am.

If you love tinkering, hacking and coding, then the BUGlabs Modular Gadget Factory looks like a really fun toy / tool. BUG is a set of tools that lets you create personalized gadgets and devices. It’s open-source and modular, letting you literally snap together the device you … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Do-It-Yourself, Spotlight Gadgets

Tagged: Hacking, Proto

Create something cool with the BUGlabs Modular Gadget Factory originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 11, 2009 at 1:38 pm.

Which would you rather watch?

I’m a big fan of the “what we want, when we want it” model of media. I’m an even bigger fan of the “where we want it” addendum to that model. I’ve spent a good deal of time, effort, and sadly money crafting a decent home theater setup, which delivers a great viewing experience in my living room. That’s fine if the content is coming from what is increasingly being called old media – pretty much any and everything that isn’t the Internet. But what about all that new media? How do I share the love (or more accurately, share the pile of home theater stuff) with the new media? … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Audio / Video Gear, Do-It-Yourself

Tagged: Streaming, Video

Streaming Media: Not Just For Computers originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 10, 2009 at 9:53 am.

If you have a thing for fire, check out the Magna-Lite keychain micro torch from Weller. It’s less than 3 inches long, but can create a flame up to 2400° … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Do-It-Yourself, Spotlight Gadgets

Tagged: DIY, Torch

Scorch something with the Weller Magna-Lite Butane Micro Torch originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 21, 2009 at 9:24 pm.

For my portion of the HP Mini 1000 Team review, I volunteered to ‘hackintosh’ the netbook. Hackintoshing is where you get a windows/linux computer running a hacked version of the Mac OS. So, in this review I will be discussing the level of difficulty of acquiring and installing the hacked OSX, usability on the Mini 1000, and comparative look at it against real Macbooks. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Do-It-Yourself, Handheld PCs / Ultra Portables

Tagged: OS X

HP Mini 1000 Team Review (Hackintoshing) originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 20, 2009 at 5:03 pm.

I am definitely a child of the 70’s and 80’s. As such, I was (and remain) a pretty huge Star Wars fan. I remember my father taking the day off for the first Star Wars movie, not going to school, and standing in line to see the very first showing of Star Wars at the Cinerama 150 in downtown Seattle. From that moment, I lived and breathed Star Wars for years as a kid. I had a ton of Star Wars toys during that time period….from the trading cards to the figures to the cheesy lightsaber they had out at the time. Back in the day, the best lightsaber available was a painted flashlight with a plastic balloon you had to keep blowing up, the end flopped around, fell off, no sound, etc. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Do-It-Yourself, Geek Toys

Tagged: DIY, Light Saber, Star Wars

My Lightsaber Saga…. originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 16, 2009 at 1:00 am.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? You can find out by making your very own magic mirror. The DIY Magic Mirror site gives you all the details, including links to where to purchase the various parts needed for this project. If any of you end up … [visit site to read more]

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Spotlight Gadget – DIY Magic Mirror originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 9, 2009 at 11:22 am.

A security system for your home can be very expensive to install and difficult to operate. For those of you that have a do-it-yourself attitude, you can buy kits and wire the system on your own, to save a lot of money. But, if you just want a quick and dirty method of monitoring an area, one solution to consider is the Swann Digital Private Eye.

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Filed in categories: Digital Cameras, Do-It-Yourself, Home Tech

Tagged: Security

Swann Digital Private Eye originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 2, 2007 at 11:00 pm.