http://www.Grynx.com Projects, DIY's, hacks and how-to's Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:36:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How often do you think people (maybe you?) spill beverages onto their laptops? Apparently more often then you think. After the 'liquid spill' article last year I've been contacted numerous amount of times by people that spilled a bit of wine on their keyboard or that had their cute little ... http://www.Grynx.com/2007/03/18/wine-in-laptop-is-that-really-a-good-idea/ First my apologies to all people who come back here day after day and wonder why there's no action on Grynx. Well, try working 10 hours a day, studying for your MCSE every evening and then take care of your family as well. I'm simply not allowed into my garage ... http://www.Grynx.com/2007/01/23/greylist-freeware-grey-list-for-exchange-v13/ I made one of these back in December last year (link) and then I saw another interesting version from Rick. OK, everyone has seen the dude who made an LED POV (persistence of vision) clock out of a hard drive, and we’re all very impressed (no, seriously). But not all ... http://www.Grynx.com/2006/10/23/another-hard-drive-clock/ John Schuch did what I've been thinking about for quiet some time. To take a existing RF device and turn it into a power (AC) control. With the addition of one capacitor, one relay, and a small piece of wire we can convert an inexpensive wireless doorbell into a remotely controlled ... http://www.Grynx.com/2006/10/18/wireless-remote-control-out-of-a-ding-dong/ Jose Luis Garrido slaughtered an old cdrom reader... and put the lens for the laser in front of his webcam. What did he get? A DIY microscope webcam - kind of cool actually! The page is in Spanish so I also give you the option to read it through Google's translation engine. ... http://www.Grynx.com/2006/10/17/diy-microscope-webcam/ Toon Beerten sent us this wonderful DIY mood lamp. On this page i will explain how i created my own colour changing lamp with red, green and blue leds that fades between all colours of the rainbow. It really comes out well at night when other light are dimmed. In ... http://www.Grynx.com/2006/10/16/rbg-mood-lamp/ I know - I know - I know. Programs don't really fit into Grynx's profile - but hey - I make'ed something and now I'm sharing it with you. It might not interest you that much if you're not an Exchange admin or have an Exchange server, but that's just ... http://www.Grynx.com/2006/09/15/greylist-a-free-grey-list-for-exchange/ How about making without making?? This is such a thing which actually isn't a project in itself - but if it will give you a tenth as much help as its given me in the past years then it's something I just have to share with you. In short - attach your ... http://www.Grynx.com/2006/07/02/binder-clips-and-cables/ P.O. got so excited by all the responses from the TicTac flashlight project that he sent us another of his creations. This time it's a LED lamp created from the scraps of an old 9v battery and three LED's. No need to use a resistor here as he's used three 3.5v ... http://www.Grynx.com/2006/04/18/how-to-build-a-versatile-and-compact-9v-led-lamp/ P.O. sent us this how-to on building a very handy flashlight out of a old TicTac mint box. It consists of a empty TicTac box (duh!), three batteries (that fits perfect), a small switch, a resistor and a bright LED. It might not take a rocket scientist to figure out how ... http://www.Grynx.com/2006/04/11/tictac-flashlight/