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The Awkward Engineer AWK-105 Analog Meter Clock

Posted on March 7, 2016 by jwk

A few years back, I did a roundup of the various meter clock projects which were floating around the Internet those days. Some were really intricate: I’m a bit late to the party, as this came out a few years … Continue reading →

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Hands On with the Antumbra Glow

Posted on October 2, 2015 by jwk

Remember a few years ago how Philips paired one of their flat-panel TVs with some image processing and colored glow tubes along the sides to make your video blend into the wall behind it? I was always fascinated by the … Continue reading →

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Want an Acer Chromebook? They’re really cheap right now on eBay.

Posted on July 24, 2015 by jwk

Back in June, I’d picked up an Acer Chromebook CB5-311 from Amazon. At the time, it was $377 for a pretty high-end machine with 12+ hours of battery life, a quad-core nVidia Tegra CPU and Kepler GPU with 4GB of RAM … Continue reading →

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Free Your Keurig 2.0 with the Keurig Freedom Clip

Posted on January 10, 2015 by jwk

I wrote about how the Keurig 2.0 single-serving coffee maker came crippled by built-in DRM, locking you into using only “authorized” coffee servings in the new version of the machine a few weeks back. Enterprising users figured out how to … Continue reading →

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Keurig 2.0 Hack: Make Any Coffee You Want

Posted on December 20, 2014 by jwk

I’m a bit late to the game for this particular trend on the Internet, but it’s definitely worth sharing. If you drink coffee in the mornings, you’ve probably heard of Keurig and their single-serving K-Cup style of brewing coffee. Pop … Continue reading →

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The LavenHanger: Natural Lavender Sachets from Seattle

Posted on February 13, 2012 by jwk

A friend has a new business venture I’m really excited about and wanted to share with everyone here. He’s making multipurpose lavender sachets for indoor use in your bedroom, closet, car or anywhere really using California lavender assembled right here … Continue reading →

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Air Filtering Plant Installation

Posted on March 1, 2011 by jwk

Indoor air pollution is a bigger deal than people realize, especially in modern tightly-sealed homes and apartments. Very little air is exchanged into or out of my apartment if I don’t open the windows (and, in the winter when it’s … Continue reading →

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