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Skywriting: Drawing Light Pictures

April 30, 2011January 16, 2011 by Jessica@SheekGeek

Creating led light drawings using a camera is a snap! All you need is a camera (with the ability to set long exposure times) and a tripod (We actually used a table!). Most of the pictures we took had shutter speeds ranging from 20 to 60 seconds; however, even shutter speeds as short as 4 seconds can work (you just have less time to draw!). The camera we used for this project is my trusty (and no longer manufactured) Panasonic DMC-FZ30. See more example pictures and tips after the jump.

Creating a Duct Tape Chair

April 30, 2011January 12, 2011 by Jessica@SheekGeek

I purchased a dome chair from a big box store last year and it didn’t hold up very well. The chair part ripped and fell of the frame. Since the frame was still left intact, I didn’t want to throw it away -so I reused it to make a new chair. Using duct tape (the best duct tape of all – Nashua 357), I created a new frame for the chair. This project was quick, cheap, and easy; it used less than $10 in materials and only an hour of my time. The result is a chair that is much sturdier than the original I purchased.

Overhanging Desk Work Light

June 18, 2013January 10, 2011 by Adam@SheekGeek

The SheekGeek office doesn’t have very good lighting and because of this, working on things at my work desk is always tough. I’ve tried a lot of different solutions to this problem such as the lighted helping hands set-up, sitting a small fluorescent light on top of my parts organizer, and even hanging the lamp from a couple of the bins on the top row of the parts organizer. None of these provided a good solution. The fluorescent lamp was rather blinding, and with every solution, my hands cast shadows on what I’m working on. This lead me to finally come up with a great working solution to my problem that casts no shadows.

A couple of years ago when I wrote for Hackaday I did an article about the Hacker’s Soldering Station. Since then, that station became too bulky and impractical for my office. I needed something that was easier to move, or possibly break down to take up less space. I looked around at what I had on hand and slapped together this quick fix that is the perfect solution for my needs.

DIY Holiday Bracelet

April 30, 2011December 24, 2010 by Jessica@SheekGeek

So I received all this super cool retro Holiday-themed ribbon from my grandma. After using it for gift wrapping, I had a small piece left. This piece was too small for a bow or other wrapping decoration, so I decided to use it to make a Christmas decoration for myself – a bracelet! All you need is some good quality ribbon that has a good sized width. The ribbon I used is 1 1/4″ (1.25″) thick. Here is a video showcasing this quick and easy how to.

Create an Instrument – Easier than Lemon Pie

April 30, 2011December 20, 2010 by Jessica@SheekGeek

After baking a cheesecake, my husband cut off the top to the lemon juice container. It turns out that the resulting plastic container creates the perfect jug-like instrument. Because it is plastic you can easily squeeze the “lemon” to create different sounds. Just like a real jug instrument, you can also add water to make different notes. I wonder if you can add holes to create a ocarina-like instrument? Perhaps that will be another post…