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Air Bazooka
This week I built a small air bazooka (vortex cannon) using just supplies I had laying around the house. This project didn’t cost me one cent to build since I already had all the materials laying around.
Posted in Video
CO2 Carbonator
This week I’ve built a CO2 carbonator using parts mostly found from the hardware store. The CO2 tank is a 16oz paintball CO2 tank that I had laying around the house. The most difficult to find part was the paintball … Continue reading
Posted in Video
Tagged Fast Hacks
Cisco Ironport WSA and Citrix
Recently I’ve been fighting what seems like a list of never ending problems in order to get the Cisco Ironport WSA proxy to authenticate users properly in a Citrix environment. Every time I think I have it figured out something … Continue reading
Posted in security
Paper Airplane Crossbow
Last weekend I decided to build a paper airplane crossbow for use at Eugene Mini Makerfaire. This project is fantastic because the only piece I had to purchase was the latex tubing. Everything else was scrap materials I found laying … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Video
Tagged Fast Hacks
Fixing a busted kitchen chair
I think it was somewhere around two years ago. I was kneeling on one of our wooden kitchen chairs. I had my knee right in the middle of the chair seat. Then CRACK. The seat snapped into two pieces. Cracked right … Continue reading
Posted in Repair