Reusing RJ-45 Jacks and Plugs for a Key Rack

Here’s a smart idea to repurpose RJ-45 plugs and jacks. If you work in IT or have a collection of wires in your basement, you’ve probably seen the colorful RJ-45 plugs, typically used for ethernet connections. But as this Instructable shows us, it’s a simple matter of just cutting off the wires, …

read more on Reusing RJ-45 Jacks and Plugs for a Key Rack…

Design Your Own Watch with a Paper Watch

Get creative with a watch that lets you design it any way you want. The Paper Watch is a fully customizable digital wristwatch made from a tear-resistant paper-style material. Create your own masterpiece with marker pens, paint, stencils, or stamps. Use it as a party favor or invitation or a reminder to …

read more on Design Your Own Watch with a Paper Watch…

Working Urinal Made of SNES Video Game Cartridges

It’s the ultimate mancave accessory- a urinal made from Super Nintendo video game cartridges. The folks at pricecharting got all handy and geeky and made this working urinal from old video games. If you’ve ever wanted to pee right on that annoying dog from Duck Hunt or John Madden’s face, this is …

read more on Working Urinal Made of SNES Video Game Cartridges…

Create Your Own Doodle Custom Speakers

Zazzle is now offering a create your own speaker design service with The Doodle Custom Speaker. Each 2.5″ by 4.5″ speaker is either USB cord (included) or AAA battery powered and designed entirely by you. Use their drag and drop interface to put any image you want on the speakers. Picture of …

read more on Create Your Own Doodle Custom Speakers…

Solar Powered Papercraft Bobbleheads

Bobbleheads are awesome but they only bobble for a little while when you doink their heads. The solution is to hire a manservant to continually bonk your bobblehead collection so there is constant bobbling. Or you could get one of these DIY Solar Powered Bobbleheads. Each bobblehead is a papercraft figure that …

read more on Solar Powered Papercraft Bobbleheads…

Brains in a Jar Steampunk Computer Mouse

thumb

This is one of the sickest and slickest Steampunk mods we’ve seen yet here on ye’ old gadgette blog. It’s the classic Victorian curiosity “brain in a jar” transformed into a USB optical computer mouse. Peter Balch, the creator of this hack originally tried to use fake eyeballs for mouse buttons ...

read more on Brains in a Jar Steampunk Computer Mouse...

The Empire Strikes Crack: Lightsaber Toilet Paper Holder

thumb

Well I just found the perfect toilet paper holder for the bathroom in my mancave! All I need now is the mancave. Not finding satisfactory geekiness in the store-bought toilet paper holders, Klontr went ahead and made his own Star Wars lightsaber toilet paper holder. It seems like the perfect use for ...

read more on The Empire Strikes Crack: Lightsaber Toilet Paper Holder...

Plush Domo Ghettoblaster

thumb

Domo, the Japanese sawtoothed fuzzball we all love has been made into an awesome ghettoblaster (that’s a bigass speaker for you young’uns). Apparently Domo was originally the mascot for a Japanese TV station; kinda like the NBC peacock except actually cool (hey, the more you know…kaching). This plush Domo was built from ...

read more on Plush Domo Ghettoblaster...