That's right kiddies (or kitties), it is time for another fun DIY! Now if you check back a few posts, you might start to notice that analog audio is a little hobby that we indulge in every now and...
Hi again- last time we started building our Cmoy headphone amp in some leftover wood (green!) and this time we are wrapping it up so you can all see how it goes with the table. Well, feast yer eyez ...
The Ikea Lack shelf seems to be a popular choice for adding custom doors. I even did it for my own fan cooled media unit. If you want a different look from sliding doors though, tambour doors are ano...
Sewing is something we spend a lot of time doing here at the Unplggd Asylum. We have a number of machines but they are generally what one would call... purpose-built. Ok, let's face the hard truth: ...
The fast food version of DIY, kind of like picking up a tube of cookie dough at the grocery store and offering your guests home baked cookies...but who are we to argue with convenience. Bottom line is...
How cool are these vintage-style DIY headphones, created by MAKE Flickr photo pool member j.rusten: Since I listen to music/podcasts/audiobooks throughout the day while I'm working, I adapted a pair o...
This is one of the cheapest ideas for a laptop stand we have seen so far. Grand total? $5.99. Not a bad looking option either. Ikea hacker reader Quari was looking for an angled laptop stand to keep...
I have been seriously considering an Amazon Kindle even though the industrial design is far from pleasing and it can't really replicate the feel of a book. The funny thing is, the Kindle has a very Mo...
Here is an unusual combination of skills. Sewing and soldering to create a bed time book light and book cover. Think you've got what it takes? I know I'm lacking in the sewing department, but if you'r...
Now this is a sweet concept, and a very simple one at that. Using various curved forms, designer Billy May gives us the illusion of light peering through a torn wall while providing indirect LED light...
We're total converts to digital photography. But we admit there's still something about film photos that the digital medium still can't quite capture (including a higher propensity for out of focus, b...
We've covered DIY charging stations before, but never like this. We've rounded up the latest and greatest ideas from our last run and added a bunch of other finds within the recent months. Now pick th...
We like this audio cassette reuse idea from etsy seller, Kate Black. We now only wish we had the countless amounts of mixtape case covers we spent hundreds of hours writing/decorating so we could bind...
I was always a fan of the G4 cube, and even considered picking one up from eBay so that I could upgrade the specs to something more respectable. Alternatively you could take a different approach to br...
It’s been a month since I first started moving my home office from a vertical standpoint to a horizontal one. It’s taken me a bit more time than I thought, but I made some serious progress yesterd...
JVC has a great speaker kit for those who want a little more DIY in their lives. Really easy to put together and the price point indicates a decent quality. JVC actually stands for Victor Company o...
I wish I had heard about these earlier. I just finished up adding all the outlets to a newly renovated basement and until now the only choices you had were the older style double round plugs or the re...
What did we learn last time? Flat surface + IKEA legs = desk. This week we finish up the basic table, starting with sanding down the glue......
Dave Drager of makeuseof.com has an easy to follow set of step-by-step directions for creating your own emergency USB first aid kit to troubleshoot an ailing PC system using a USB flash drive and a ba...
Looking to take your MacBook Pro to the magical 1TB mark? MCE has introduced a kit that allows replacement of the laptop's optical drive for a 500GB 2.5" hard drive, along with a matching replacement ...
Now I know what you are thinking: How can I build a desk for my home office if I ain’t got no tools? The answer: “IKEA table legs, and don't use double negatives”. You don’t have to build ...
Now this is one retro-tastic DIY coffee table. Kyle Downes measured the proportions of an NES controller and super sized it into one gigantic working control pad that doubles as a coffee table. Made o...
Not all media centers start off looking rad. Sometimes you need to get creative with that MDF unit and make it look a little less like college dorm furniture. Using contact paper can be a great way to...
As I continue planning my move from vertical to horizontal workspace I've been trying to figure out how I want to raise my computer monitor. This image from Monica, one of AT:SF's Small Cool 2008 entr...
We love Ikea hacks and this one may be the geekiest and easiest to date. How it was made after the jump... ...
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