DIY

  • Men Take 6 Months To Get Small Household Jobs Done

    There’s groundbreaking new research coming out that could prove wives have a right to pester and nag their male partners. Scientists have found that the typical male takes six months to finish small jobs around the house. Stop the presses. This could save marriages and put marriage counselors out...
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    Instructional videos bring new meaning to “Do It Yourself”

    Eyehandy.com has released a series of instructional videos demonstrating how one might wax a surfboard, change strings on a guitar, fix a leaky sink, and generally be useful around a house instead of sitting at the computer in boxers all day.  This is not news. However, the Eyehandy videos...
  • Slingshot maestro risks life and digits to sling saw blades [video]

    Everybody’s favorite slingshot engineer Joerg Sprave is back risking his life and digits again with another dangerous-looking slingshot contraption. His latest creation is a oversized slingshot that fires rotating saw blades… fun times. I would add the usual, “don’t try this at home” disclaimer, but the people that are...
  • Angry Birds cake is edible and playable

    Mike Cooper has a family tradition of creating “increasingly ridiculous” birthday cakes for his family members. His latest, a playable Angry Birds cake was made in honor of his son’s sixth birthday. Cooper spent 10 hours putting it together and his son spent two minutes destroying it, but memories...
  • Steampunk Etch-a-Sketch is better than anything I got or gave this Christmas

    Looking at this beautifully crafted steampunk Etch-a-Sketch, makes me wish that I had friends with similar talents to Redditor HaloKitty, who put together this masterpiece for a friend’s Christmas present. Here is what she had to say about the project: 1. I’m a she, and it was a joint...
  • Prepare your car for the zombie apocalypse [video]

    The team at Mighty Car Mods explain the ins and outs of getting your vehicle ready for a pandemic of zombieism. It is a fairly long video, but is definitely worth watching if you like zombies and/or being prepared....
  • Luke Skywalker piñata lets you let off steam and get candy

    If you have watched the original Star Wars trilogy as an adult, you have hopefully come to the same conclusion as me on the character of Monsieur Skywalker: he is, to put it bluntly, more than a little annoying. So turning him into a piñata that you get to...
  • Slaughterhouse, a gingerbread-style house constructed from delicious meat

    This slaughterhouse, which is a gingerbread house in meat instead of cookies, looks like it would feed an army of hungry carnivores or a couple of really big ones. Hopefully the people responsible for this meaty monstrosity did the right thing and saw that none of the delicious meat...
  • M*A*S*H fan builds backyard set

    Redditor relocopter was kind enough to share these pictures of his/her friend’s backyard – in which the set of M*A*S*H has been lovingly recreated right down to Hawkeye’s famous red bathrobe. I love the detail, but that combined with the neatly manicured lawn speaks of a level fastidiousness that...