Daily DIY

Tech-Recipes has written up a simple explanation of how to use Google to find free videos for your cellphone:

Do you want to download a bunch of free videos for your cellular phone? This technique will show you how to search google to find tons of open directories containing free cell phone videos. No P2P or torrents required. Start your collection from the open collections of others.

I tried this and was able to download a small video to my celly pretty easily; however, since my cell phone kinda hates me, it decided not to play said video. However, I’m sure you’ll have better luck - if you have any other tricks for putting vids on your cell phone, let us know in the comments. — Wendy Boswell

Perfect for gifts or college dorm decor, these beautiful, unique, easy-to-make dream catchers can be color-coded to match your accents. It doesn’t cost any money, if you have the supplies around the house, which you may.


By: SugarTeen52

i have improved the original one into a pimpin’ one


By: joemonkey

Hack your PEZ dispenser with your USB stick and glowing LED’s for eyes. After I finished this I searched and found other PEZ USB hacks but none I could find with "glowing LED’s for eyes".



I wanted to to create this and still have a functioning PEZ dispenser but to my disdain the Cruizer was much too big and took up almost all my PEZ candy space and ended up only able to fit 3 pieces of PEZ candy into PEZ USB 2.0.



For this project I used.

1 C-3PO PEZ Dispenser U.S. Patent 4.966.305

1 SanDisk Cruizer mini 128 MB (because thats all I had available)

2 green LED’s

Small wire, solder, soldering iron

drill with small bit to bore out C-3P0’s eyes.

Electrical and Scotch tape

Small vice


By: dipswitch

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has a few interesting ideas for writing on candy hearts with a food coloring pen, along with how to toss the newly inscribed treats with trebuchets…

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• The Perfect Ammunition for Valentine’s Day - Link.
• Food colour markers - Link.
• Food coloring pens - Link.

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Tech blogger Charlene Li has written up a good practical list of the different uses she’s found for Google Docs when planning family tasks. The list includes:

• Summer camp planning: As any parent of school-aged kids can attest, coordinating summer camps with the parents of all of my kids’ friends drives me into the ground every spring.
• Prop list for children’s theater: To keep track of what props are needed and who’s gotten what, I’ve posted the prop list online.
• Bank of Mom: My husband and I encourage our kids to save by giving them a 10% interest rate — monthly…I save it in a spreadsheet.

These are some great ideas, for sure. What have you used Google Docs for, family-wise? Thoughts in the comments. — Wendy Boswell

The Steampunk Workshop has a tutorial to etch Altoids tins using copper electroplating and then saltwater etching. Some of the results are really freaking impressive. [via]
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These snow and ice speakers are not you everyday outdoor speakers. I am sure the 2007 Michigan Tech Winter Carnival had no shortage of good tunes with these things belting out the tunes.

“As part of a statewide snow sculpture competition, some Michigan Technological University students have added balance to the millennia of snow angel production–through […]

These snow and ice speakers are not you everyday outdoor speakers. I am sure the 2007 Michigan Tech Winter Carnival had no shortage of good music with these things belting out the tunes.

“As part of a statewide snow sculpture competition, some Michigan Technological University students have added balance to the millennia of snow angel production–through […]

You’ve done all your consumer research, you’ve picked the color, make, model - but how do you find that perfect fridge or other major appliance near you? Try Krillion, an interesting site that tracks down your major appliance needs in your local area (and tells you if they’re on sale).

Most of us probably don’t buy these big items on a regular basis, but since they do have hefty price tags, it’s common sense that we do our due diligence before coughing up the $$. Krillion solves this problem, helpin you locate the specific model that you’re looking for that’s closest to you; potentially saving you a load of dough AND shipping costs. — Wendy Boswell