Anything and Everything that is cool, hot, fresh and classic.
By breaking down some of the most popular candy bars into their essential elements, Chow has created a how-to guide for making your own Halloween candy.
They’re delicious looking, and probably taste better than the store bought variety, so be prepared for a chocolate feast.
Post Halloween workouts not included.
[Chow - Make Your Own Halloween Candy Bars: Corner-Store Sweets Go High-End]
Trying to improve your Zs?
The check out Lifehacker’s Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better.
From exercising and eating to napping and dreaming, it’s a how-to guide that is guaranteed to put you to sleep.
Are you ready?
Flashpoint is a hack that turns a disposable camera into a message delivery system.
By rewiring the flash and setting up an automatic trigger (among the more complicated steps), you can create a projector that will shine your thoughts on anything within range.
Got a spare MiniMag and the laser from a DVD burner?
Then combine the two into a 200mW laser pointer of death!
Instructables has got the how-to, and it doesn’t look that difficult, though the death thing is no joke, since 200mW lasers can easily cause eye damage. Hopefully it goes without saying, but handle with care.
[Instructables - Laser Flashlight Hack]
[Via: MAKE: Blog]
Last week’s Stockpile Saturday was a success, so this week, I’m bringing you 20 more links that I’ve been saving for some time now. Enjoy.
The Amateur Gourmet is a great food blog that does the occasional review in comic book style. It’s a refreshing look at alternative ways of displaying content.
[The Amateur Gourmet: Chutzpah, Truffles & Alain Ducasse]
[Via: How To Change The World]
OwnYourC is a beautiful flash driven site that was created by the Colorado Teen Anti-Smoking Initiative to force teens to make tough decisions.
[OwnYourC]
[Via: Josh Spear]
Pickleball is a sport that combines ping-pong, tennis and badminton, and uses a simplified combination of tennis rules and strategies.
Locksport International has put together a Guide To Lock Picking that serves as the perfect primer for anyone that’s looking to get into the sport. It’s done in graphic novel form, and gives great step-by-step information about lock picking, re-pinning, making tools, and more.
[Via: Popgadget]
To promote their new Qashqai, Nissan has created a new extreme sport called the Qashqai Car Games. Looks like fun.
Jeff Thomas loves Nixie tubes (glass tubes that are filled with gas and can display numerals or other information). Most people are content with clocks that feature the technology, but Jeff wanted a watch, so he designed his own. Sadly, he only made 20, and they’re already sold out, but hopefully another company picks up where Jeff left off.
Nabaztag, the Wi-Fi rabbit from Violet, is an ambient device that connects to the Internet and can give you selected information.
[Nabaztag]
Extra Tasty is a site devoted to inebriation, thought the design is clearly attributed to the more sober, as drink recipes, drink possibilities, tips and tricks, and a soothing color scheme are all easy to access. Get your buzz on.
Su Blackwell cuts amazing sculptures right out of the pages of well-known books. Each design ties into the plot, and the results bring the story to life.
Toss ‘N’ Track is a Frisbee that can be tracked on the Internet. Each disc has a unique number printed on it, and after playing with it for a while, you simply toss it in the disc’s intended direction, and let someone else find it. They can then log the disc into the site, and you can see how far it travels.
Steve ‘The Grape Guy’ Spalding is currently The World’s Fastest Grape Catcher with his record 67 grapes in one minute from 15 feet. And you thought your talent was worthless.
[Steve The Grape Guy Spalding]
Reuters has an amazing video of the current world record for most dominoes toppled, 4,079,381, being set by an international team of 90 builders from 13 countries. I’ll bet they were glad no one sneezed.
[Reuters]
The Tooluxe shop puts you in control of some very promiscuous store clerks for a series of highly interactive advertisements with Matt and Angie.
My Monopoly lets you create your own unique and personalized Monopoly game. You can choose a theme, and then add your own names to all of your favorite places. Want to call Boardwalk ‘Your Mom’? Go ahead, the world is yours.
Dangerously Fun is a web site dedicated to how-to guides for projects that could potentially hurt you. No pain, no gain, right?
[Via: bookofjoe]
Evere wonder what words your bartender hates hearing? Thankfully, Jeffrey Morgenthaler, bartender extraordinaire, has created a list of the Eight Things You Should Never Say To Your Bartender. If you want to get served up right, make sure you follow the list.
[Jeffrey Morgenthaler - Eight Things You Should Never Say To Your Bartender]
9 to 5 Paintings record what you do on your computer during the day and turn it into art. The site gives examples of the final result, as well as a tutorial for setting up your own double mouse feature so that you can make 9 to 5s of your own.
Internet Hitchhikers Scotty and Fiddy used the power of the Internet to hitch their way to 50 states (and their capitals) in 50 days. Impressive.
[Hitch50]
If you’re a blog writer, there’s no better place to go for advice than ProBlogger; which is why the list of ProBlogger’s best posts for 2006 is an indispensable resource for all online authors.
With a little subtraction, the number 6174 takes on some amazing properties. Read on to discover why.
Instructables has a great tutorial for you DIYers out there that shows you how to create your own 1 Gig Mini Cooper Flash Drive. The whole project only requires some light modifications to the car, and the end result is a completely stock looking Mini with a secret storage supply that’s sure to impress both your techno geek and car head friends.
Here’s an interesting quick tip for those of you who are fanatical about not putting holes in your prized posters, but who still want to show them off on the wall. Just stick a flat metal push-pin into the wall behind the poster, and stick a magnet on top of the push-pin with the poster in between. It’s quick, it’s simple, and it won’t hurt the poster.
[Instructables - Magnetic Poster Holder]
[Via: Lifehacker]
This amazing looking wood faced wrist watch might not be available in stores, but Instructables user jamesv was kind enough to post a thorough how to showing how he turned a simple Fossil Zane into a stunning custom accessory using a few common tools, a few homemade tools, and a lot of time. Next up on MTV: Pimp My Watch.
[Via: Wrist Watch Review]
Benjamin Heckendorm has written an interesting how-to for taking a classic arcade game motherboard (eBay, wink, wink) and consolizing it for use with any standard TV and controllers. This how-to also serves as the perfect starter for anyone looking to build the ultimate gaming bragging rights machine: an at home arcade machine. Game on.
[How-To: Consolize An Arcade Game]
[Via: MAKE: Blog]
Inspired by Koo-Ki Sushi, McAuliflower, the author of Brownie Points, put together a few tips and a how-to guide for making your own sweet sushi. In the guide, she shows the steps used to make sushi creations such as tamago, salmon, ebi and unagi, as well as the rice krispy treat rice base, wasabi and nori you’ll need to complete your fushi (fake sushi) meal.
[Brownie Points - How To Make Sweet Sushi]
[Via: Boing Boing]
