Academic, writer, storyteller, digital creator.
A few years ago I wanted to build a custom PC case, and this is the result! It was originally an old 8086 (XT) case. For those of you who know anything about old PC’s, this was basically the grand daddy of your fancy pentiums and laptops we all use now. It was clunky, and…
I’ve often longed to have an anvil. Unlike other girls, I wasn’t so much interested in fancy shoes and handbags – I wanted an anvil! Trouble is, those things are pretty damn expensive! The alternative was to make one. Very easily said – but harder to do, right? Well, that depends. If you can find…
Home theater systems really can make a huge difference to your home – and to your bank balance if you actually buy all the accessories. Items like projector stands and screens are pretty expensive these days. As if forking out a couple grand for a cheapie projector isn’t bad enough! Most places will sell you…
Home theater systems really can make a huge difference to your home – and to your bank balance if you actually buy all the accessories. Items like projector stands and screens are pretty expensive these days. As if forking out a couple grand for a cheapie projector isn’t bad enough! This is the projector stand…
For a long time I’ve wanted to build a corner bookshelf to display books and models or collectibles, and so a couple of months ago I decided “now is the time!” The wood I used was old ceiling boards from an outside building I refurbished a few years back, and once sanded and cleaned, the…
Cats – they force you to reshape and reorganize your entire life around them, don’t they? Yup, they sure do! Anyway, so Kay and I have 3 kitties and we don’t allow them to roam, which means that we confine them to our property. That presents a whole string of very interesting little problems… Regardless…
I have this guitar that was a 7th birthday gift from my mom, so I decided it would be better to display it nicely rather than to let it just gather dust in a box or cupboard, or in a corner somewhere where it would get battered by other objects in storage. Besides, out in…
I made these cool stylish handles for a chest, using brass door hinges and some wood! All you need is a hinge with enough room for your fingers to pass through. It’s pretty simple when you think about it – but if you fail to think of using hinges for handles, you might completely overlook…
I made this cool light fitting out of a few bits and pieces that I had lying around! When you pull on the light fitting itself, it turns on, and when you pull on it again, it turns off! The light itself is pretty ordinary, it’s just a light fitting – though the one I…
The Raspberry Pi is an astonishing device! We use ours every day to play our music playlists, and to watch our series and movies! We received ours as a wedding gift, in its box with an instruction booklet, and nothing else – and why not? You can used virtually anything else you already have with…