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New Album from Psyche Corporation
Something special this October: Psyche Corporation has released her 5th album, Romance of the Counter-Elite. Notably, the EP features their popular cover of “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe. Do check it out: https://psychecorp.bandcamp.com/album/romance-of-the-counter-elite Besides the cover of Poe’s poem, the remaining songs of the new album cover dark and
The SEA is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia
“The SEA is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia” out for release November 1st, 2015! IndieGoGo campaign here! The stories in this collection merge technological wonder with the everyday. Children upgrade their fighting spiders with armor, and toymakers create punchcard-driven marionettes. Large fish lumber across the skies, while boat
Bus Windows that Open From the Bottom
Regular school bus windows work well, but depending on window treatment it can be hard to open them sometimes because the latches are at the top, and they open from the top down. Some time ago I figured out how to disassemble the windows in my bus and reconfigure them
3D Printed Wimshurst Machine
In the winter time, whenever I pulled a large flat part of off the print bed of my RepRap Prusa Mendel, I would notice a great deal of static electricity. One day the thought occurred to me that I could 3D print a Wimshurst Influence Machine like the one
A Bowl My Dad Made from Spalted Maple
A bowl my Dad made from a limb of the tree that held my childhood treehouse.
Cuisinart Top Interlock Repair
We got our first Cuisinart in 1982. It served us well for more than a decade so when it finally gave up the ghost we purchased another one. We were dismayed to find that the new Cuisinart Custom 14 had changed the interlock on the mixing bowl and top. There was
Nightmare Blues – New from Aaron J. Shay
Friend of SPWS Aaron J. Shay has released a new music video for his banjo-rock barnstormer “Nightmare Blues” just in time for Halloween! Described by one participant as what would happen “if Neil Gaiman art directed the ballroom sequence of Labyrinth at Burning Man,” this video follows a band as
Hexayurt Swamp Cooler for Burning Man!
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My family is going to Burning Man this year! I've been twice in the past and there have been a few things about my experience that were less than comfortable. The biggest problem I had on the playa was sleeping during the hot days in a tent. Once the sun
Quickest Way to Clone Windows (and Windows Server) Disk with GPartEd
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A quick tech note from the day job some of you might find useful. GPartEd is a fantastic free tool for copying and resizing disk partitions, but cloning an entire Windows disk often requires tweaking boot sectors and records after the partitions are copied and this is not always easy or
the CAN!CAN!CAN! Sandwich on IndieGOGO!
So there's this thing. It's called the Grilled Cheese Invitational, and it's pretty much what it sounds like. Their motto is 'Bread, Butter, Cheese, Victory!' and they're holding the last one ever this year. I'm competing and it's going to be great. This is about fun. It's about being