How to Get Your Overly Sensitive Boyfriend to Dump You
Updated: 2010-07-31 20:35:03
DIYJob Projects How-To's Union Jack Style Tote Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . How to Get Your Overly Sensitive Boyfriend to Dump You post from How to of the Day on 31 July 2010 04:35:03 PM . How to of the Day I am sadYou've gotten involved with a guy who's used to being babied , a guy who seems to become devastated over the littlest thing . You don't want to be around him anymore , but you're scared that if you break up with him , he'll sob hysterically , beg you not to , and refuse to take no for an answer . Worse yet , even if you do manage to break things off , he might keep begging and become more pitiful than ever . One way
: : : Make Technology on Your Time RSS Blog MAKE Magazine Videos Podcasts MAKE Projects Forum Community Maker Shed Store How-To : No Weld Bike Trailer Main MakeShift 22 deadline Aug . 27 How-To : Multicolor LED flashlight Instructables user duesentrieb : writes I like LEDs . And I like torches flashlights I have always been looking for a torch that combines all LED colours that I want , including infrared and ultraviolet . As this combination is hard to come by , or extremely sumptuous , I chose to build one myself using a cheap torch bought on eBay and some inexpensive . parts Do not underestimate the effort of desoldering and soldering , though . It took me about a day altogether to finish the . project Posted by Becky Stern Jul 30, 2010 11:00 AM DIY Projects Electronics Permalink
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: : : Make Technology on Your Time RSS Blog MAKE Magazine Videos Podcasts MAKE Projects Forum Community Maker Shed Store Make : Kids : Lego project roundup Main Modular stackable Arduino enclosure How-To : Simple shuffling bot Randy Sarafan just made another simple moving bot , this time with four legs for : walking My goal with Walker Bot was to make a 4-legged walking bot that could be made in ten minutes . This bot ultimately took me three hours to make . That said , my goal wasn't to make one in ten minutes , but to make one that could be made in ten minutes . I am pretty confident that now that I know what I am doing , should I need to make a second one , I could do it in ten minutes . At the very least , you will be hard-pressed to make a simpler walking bot than this one . I would
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: : : Make Technology on Your Time RSS Blog MAKE Magazine Videos Podcasts MAKE Projects Forum Community Maker Shed Store Makers Dozen : Detroit Main Skull circuit touch instrument How-To : Simple rolly bot Randy Sarafan : writes This Simple Bot was inspired by a work by artist James Rouvelle called Colony in which a bunch odd shaped ovals self-propel around their environment . It is my understanding that his bots were made by placing a vibrating motor freely inside of a Styrofoam ball that was then coated to give it an irregular shape . This dynamic makes his orbs fluctuate between wobbling in place and jerkily moving around the room . While this is a cool interaction , I was more interested in making something that had a more regular motion and was able to roll steadily about . Towards
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: : : Make Technology on Your Time RSS Blog MAKE Magazine Videos Podcasts MAKE Projects Forum Community Maker Shed Store DIY hexapod robot Main How-To : Light orb tool for light painting How-To : Grow gourmet mushrooms Instructables user zzapatista : writes This is a cheap and easy way to produce lots of tasty fresh mushrooms for the kitchen , while at the same time reducing your own waste and even handling some extra . The idea is that you will use an old coffee cup as a container to grow oyster mushroom mycelium , which will in turn produce fruit in the form of mushroom . bodies Posted by Becky Stern Jul 20, 2010 08:00 AM DIY Projects Instructables Permalink Comments 1 Email This Recent Entries Projector ring Maker's Notebook on Evernote DIY clock in a can Flat-pack chair design software
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: : : Make Technology on Your Time RSS Blog MAKE Magazine Videos Podcasts Projects Forum Community Maker Shed Store Roila : A spoken language for robots Main Open source VESA-compliant CNC iPad wall mount How-To : Personal Applause Sign Randy Sarafan : writes For the longest time , people have been neglecting to applaud my myriad accomplishments . I could not abide by this and henceforth set out to resolve this issue . The solution wasn't immediately obvious , but after mulling it over for a while , it suddenly hit me . People have been culturally conditioned to clap for light-up signs that read APPLAUSE . From that moment on , it became clear to me that I had to make my own light up APPLAUSE sign that I could wirelessly trigger whenever the moment necessitated a round of admiration . And
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: : . : Make Technology on Your Time RSS Blog MAKE Magazine Videos Podcasts Projects Forum Community Maker Shed Store New in the Maker Shed : PowerSwitch Tail Main How-To : Ninja vs . zombie shadow caster Randy Sarafan at Instructables : writes A few weeks ago I saw a laser cut zombie shadow cast in the Makers Market and thought to myself that it was okay , but it was missing a certain something . What could it be Was it source files perhaps Well . yes , but . no . that wasn't quite it . There was just something about it not sitting . right This existential absence gnawed at my brrrrraiiinnnnsssss and left me cold . That is , until it finally hit me like a shuriken . The original shadow cast was missing totally awesome ninjas . I corrected this problem and then wailed on my . guitar If you
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: : : Make Technology on Your Time RSS Blog MAKE Magazine Videos Podcasts Projects Forum Community Maker Shed Store Reprogrammable reverse geocache puzzle with camera Main How-To : Inkjet fabric printing It's Design Photography month over on CRAFT , Where Andrew Lewis has a guide to running fabric through your inkjet printer Sometimes I have a great idea for a textile project , but I get put off by the thought of trawling through the seemingly endless bolts of fabric at the store . Then I think about the hassle of haggling over the price and ending up with three times as much fabric as I actually . needed I decided to try printing my own fabric on an inkjet printer , and the results really exceeded my expectations . The advantages to this technique are tremendous , and I don't have to
: : : Make Technology on Your Time RSS Blog MAKE Magazine Videos Podcasts Projects Forum Community Maker Shed Store How to beat the summer heat Main Hidden workbench How-To : Two string paddle bass Instructables user st.paul : writes This bass is made from a wooden boat paddle a piezo buzzer , weed eater strings and a few other odds and ends . For what it is and how little it costs 20-25 dollars with all new parts the quality of sound is unbelievable . If you're thinking about taking up bass or already do and just want to have something different , this definitely would be worth . making Posted by Becky Stern Jul 7, 2010 11:00 AM DIY Projects Instructables Music Permalink Comments 0 Email This Recent Entries MAKE's new soc net buttons Now that's a lotta perfboard Letters From the Fab
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