Category: DIY
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Friday Foodblogging: DIY All-Natural Garden Pest Repellant
This week, let’s look at a general pest repellant for the garden. I’m a fan of natural solutions when the science behind them is sound. I’m also a fan of making things yourself whenever possible, because that’s the only surefire guarantee that you know what the ingredients are. The intent of this DIY garden pest…
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How to build a DIY stop-motion animation rig
One of my favorite genres of explainer videos is the stop-motion animation/stop-action animation video. First made by Common Craft for explaining Internet concepts, then used by Kathy Maister’s Start Cooking video podcast, these have been a select part of video online for over a decade: The tough part about doing the stop-motion animation on paper…
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Friday Fun: How to build a personal theater with PVC
I have a nearly irrational love of PVC piping. PVC is incredibly versatile stuff: strong, durable, flexible, resistant to breaking down. True, it does break down over time, but that timeframe is roughly 140 years, longer than our operational lifetimes. Over the years I’ve made instructions for how to build camera stabilizers, strawberry towers, and…
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DIY Nutella: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Vegan, and Kosher
It’s a Summer Friday, so let’s kick back and relax with some foodblogging. Today, we’re going to make a DIY Nutella, but one that’s marginally better for you. I say marginally because I don’t want you thinking it’s some kind of health food. It’s not. For reference, here are the official product’s ingredients: Ingredients: sugar,…
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What’s a strawberry tower and how do you make one?
It’s funny. I write about marketing, social media, business strategy, and productivity a ton. But make one mention of a strawberry tower and the Interwebs light up like a Christmas tree with people wanting to know more. Message received, my friends. Let’s dig into this fun construction project. First, what is a strawberry tower? Simply…
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Weekend post: ceiling replacement?
Looking for advice, bids, and suggestions: I have a 1950’s era Cape with these sort of cardboard/wood pulp tile ceilings: (click for larger image) and This is in a room that is approximately 144 sq. ft. I want to get them replaced with this kind of ceiling tile from Armstrong, available at the big box…
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Travel detoxification
After a spate of travel on the road, there’s a few things I do to help reset, reboot, and purge the ills of travel from my system. As with any and all things health related, what works for one person may not for someone else and may cause serious harm to yet another, so use…
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The almost-free ultimate DIY iPad case video review
Want to see the almost-free ultimate DIY iPad case? Check out my homemade one in a short three minute video: Feel free to copy the idea for your own personal electronics. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now! Get this and other great articles from the source at www.ChristopherSPenn.com! Want…
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Scholarship Search Secrets eBook, Sixth Edition released
Of all of the work I’ve done at Edvisors over the years, Scholarship Search Secrets, a free eBook on using Google and other tools to find money for college, is one of my proudest accomplishments. No other single piece of work has changed as many lives for the better as this one eBook, and the…
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How your phone can make your email inbox more productive
I get a lot of email. When I came back from vacation this morning, I faced hundreds and hundreds of emails, from status reports to pitches and everything in between. How did I whittle this down to something manageable? When I face a lot of email on the desktop client, there are a lot of…