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Have you tried asking your boss for a less crappy desk? ~Not-So-Handy Andy

Well deserved after spending an entire Saturday shopping for Jacuzzis, realize they're damn expensive and coming home to build this.

~NSHA

Steve Hoefer at Grathio labs shows off his Arduino based door opener, which responds to knocks on the door bye timing the gaps between the sounds. If the gap matches the programmed knock, it unlocks. Let's never use keys again!

Know a little bit about Arduino and care to make your own? Check out his Instructables post!

The spring is the icing on this kludge cake. ~Not-So-Handy Andy

I imagine a dystopian future where the government controls the supply of computer cables, forcing a select few dealers to hock their wares in dark alleyways. You're not going to like their prices, but sometimes you just gotta upgrade to DVI.

~NSHA

Okay, the true American is to pay someone else to do it. But this is a close second. Happy 4th! ~NSHA

Give a man a vacuum, he'll clean for a day. Teach a man to vacuum, and he'll do something stupid like this.

~NSHA

Someone didn't listen to Homer:

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