I needed a tea trolley like this at work for the kitchen area of the classroom I presented IT classes at in 2019 – just to hold incidentals like a kettle, sugar bowl, coffee, tea and some boxes of cookies etc. Work wasn’t going to buy one, and neither was I – so I decided…
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DIY on a Dime #07: Wood Smoking Pipe
I’m not a smoker, but my wife Kay is, and recently when the COVID lockdown struck in South Africa, the government went mad in an authoritarian fashion, and banned cigarettes and alcohol for no apparent justifiable reason. Kay ran out of cigarettes about five weeks later, and began to look for smoking alternatives (as did…
DIY on a Dime #04: Rustic Kitchen Tree & Lamp
We did this in our kitchen to brighten it up and personalize it a little. Both Kay and I love trees and nature, and so when it came to decorating our kitchen and make it unique, this is what we came up with!
DIY on a Dime #03: Wall-mounted Media Center Hard Drive Case
So you’ve got a PC or laptop or Raspberry Pi set up to play movies in your home theater – and you’re looking for a cool way to mount and store your hard drives close by. Why not a wall-mounted box? Why not indeed? There are really many ways to do this, but this is…
DIY on a Dime #02: Viking Shields
Vikings! Gotta love ’em, right? Well, back in 2017, Kay and I were planning our wedding – and the theme was Vikings! It was my job to make a couple of Viking shields – and we didn’t want to make something out of cardboard that would be turfed afterwards – we wanted something lasting that…
DIY on a Dime #01: Suspended Monitor Rig
Regardless of your reasons for wanting something like this, this is how simple it is! However, let me start off by telling you my reasons for making it. About six months ago, we got fed up with drama surrounding LED projectors and LED TV’s – and our monopolized, malicious and malignant power utility (ESKOM), and…






