Category: Geek

Custom Modified Computer Keyboard

Date: December 16, 2019 Category: Electronics, Geek, Make Tags: , , , , Comments: 0

If you're a gamer or even just someone who spends a lot of time on a computer, chances are you have preferences for how your keyboard looks and feels. Everything from the space between keys to the material used can radically change the feel of a keyboard. What happens if you like two different things about two different keyboards? Combine them, of course! A user by the name of GuzziGuy posted a series of pictures on imgur detailing exactly how he took a keyboard he liked and modified it. GuzziGuy | imgur In his tutorial, he custom builds a wooden housing unit for the keyboard…

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Cosplay Foams

Date: December 3, 2019 Category: Crafts, Geek, Learn, Props Tags: , , , , , Comments: 0

"This is just... This is just soft foam and duct tape. It can't harm anyone."Role Models (2008) Choosing the right foam for your costume/prop is probably the first big choice you'll make in the process. It's important to know what you want your piece to look like and how you want it to behave when worn/used. If your foam is too thick, you lose that super important flexibility that most armor pieces need. If it's too thin, it just looks like lame painted foam. Luckily, there is a plethora of different kinds of foam available to cosplayers. Most of them come in various sizes, colors,…

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Stuff a Fully-Functional Nintendo Wii Into an Altoids Tin

Date: December 2, 2019 Category: Electronics, Geek, Make Tags: , , , , , , , , , Comments: 0

Before we even get started, be warned: this project is time-consuming, nerve-wracking, and ultimately unnecessary... but boy is it cool! Firstly, it should be noted that this is NOT an emulator. This is a fully-functioning Nintendo Wii circuit board that was cut down and modified to fit into a mint tin. A modder by the name of Shank took it upon himself to make the smallest working Wii. It was over a year in the making, and by his own admission it was one of the more frustrating projects he'd ever worked on. He even named it the Kill Mii. Luckily, he shared the entire…

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Let’s Upgrade To A Sci-Fi Man Cave

Date: October 14, 2019 Category: Geek, Home, Make Tags: , , , , , , , Comments: 0

Have you been thinking about upgrading your man cave? There are so many options out there that it can be hard to decide what you want to do. Instructables user Lance70 turned his old man cave into a flashy new sci-fi space station using only plexi glass, medium-density fiberglass panels, framing wood, and some LED lights. Lance70 | Instructables For this project, the author started with a pretty bare room. You can, of course, repaint your existing walls and add on to them. There's no need to strip back down to the basics before attempting this. Lance70 | Instructables A good chunk of the project…

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