I like the sentiment behind this build by Ikea hacker mcquarris. Using a bunch of leftover parts from previous furniture acquisitions, they cobbled together this garbage can mount to hide a trash can under their sink, complete with lid that lifts when you open the cupboard. It reminds me of some contraptions I made when I was a kid, except with much better style. Well done! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Furniture | Digg this! 
Throw your Povard in the air. Then wave it like you just don't care! Everyone will be able to read your message loud and clear. The Povard is a large hand held POV device that is built onto a very cool laser cut and etched acrylic bezel. A POV "tricks" your eyes into seeing a full image when only part of the image is visible at one time. This effect is called the "Persistence Of Vision." This is the way the Povard works. As you move the Povard you will see one slice of each letter at a time. Your brain assembles all the slices together for you to be able to see a complete word or image. Note: An Arduino is required (and not included) for programming the Povard 
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Were you down at the archery range when your scoutmaster showed you how to tie a this handy knot? Wikihow shows you the moves. The sheepshank is a useful knot for two purposes. It can be used to temporarily shorten a rope or it could be used to allow a rope with a damaged or frayed part to be still used (the damaged part would be in the center, where there is no tension). One of the properties of this knot is that it can get easily undone without tension, so to keep it in place, tension needs to be applied on both sides of the knot. More: Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Something I want to learn to do... | Digg this! 
I was just reading our post about the "hollow spy bolt" and ran across the government group with RSS feed that looks for stuff like this (cool job) - so it turns out mailing yourself money hidden inside brochures to get out of paying taxes hack doesn't work via ANIMAL.
[he]... withdrew cash from his Swiss account and taped it to the inside pages of multiple brochures, careful to include just under $10,000 per brochure (staying under the federal reporting requirements). Packaging the cash-laden brochures in envelopes, he mailed each one at different times from different Swiss post offices to his Virginia residence. It's the "ICE team" that looks for things like this, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. ICE agents have discovered that cash - lots of it - can crop up in unexpected places before its illegal journey is intercepted. ICE has found the following and more in recent years: - $176,320 packed inside the pant legs of an air traveler headed for Turkey
- $3 million hidden in a compartment of a bus headed for Mexico
- $515,000 in a false-bottom suitcase about to embark to Columbia
- $2.1 million concealed in a boat in Puerto Rico
- $147,921 strapped underneath the shirt of a woman headed to Mexico
- $186,000 rolled and concealed in cigarette packs destined for Turkey
"At ICE, we follow the money trail to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most complicated financial schemes and seize criminal assets,"...
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