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Cat Bookmarks [ENG/ESP]

12 Feb 2025 3 minute read 0 comments soyernesto

Hello friends and community of DIY lovers, books, and cats. We continue making bookmarks, and I have discovered that it is an entertaining and creative activity that we can do anytime and anywhere, with beautiful results. Hola amigos y comunidad ama...

Recovering and Creating DIY

5 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments soyernesto

Article first published on my personal blog at HIVE. (Spanish Original)   Hello friends, I hope you are having a nice day. Lately, I find myself saving every piece of paper, cardboard, and office material that I should throw away to give it a new opp...

Open-source DIY Home Security System

23 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments _Almin_

I have recently finished building an open-source, DIY home security system designed to leverage OpenCV for motion detection. It features motion detection, image/video capture, alarm responses, offline operation, a REST API for remote management, and...

I bought two Made in China "500W Solar Panels" for $39. And then...

16 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai

TLDR: "You get what you pay for!" This "500W Solar Panel" was advertised online (Shopee) for 1098 Php (~19 USD). Curious, I ordered two of them. With shipping, the price was still under $39. The two solar panels arrived about 8 days later and I hook...

With no prior experience, I successfully replaced the LCD screen on my Redmi 13C!

10 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment JaiChai

It all began with the mysterious appearance of these vertical lines on my screen. After doing some research, I learned that there are two causes for this phenomena: 1) loose internal LCD connections or 2) bad LCD assembly. I decided to find out whic...

Another DIY fish tank passes "The Leak Test"!

15 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai

I took some scrap/leftover tabletop 3mm glass, crudely cut it (I totally suck at making clean cuts, but it was good enough for my use case.), silicone sealed the panels together (Silicone is the anti-Christ! Unless you have a specialized "silicone in...

The "Dirty Dozen" get a New Home - My DIY 15 gallon "Tall" Fish Tank

10 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai

I "Speed Cycled" my new 15 gallon "Tall" fish tank; that is, with water, bio-media, plants and snails from my other, well established fish tanks, the first nitrogen cycle was complete in 3 days vice the normal 3-4 weeks. Then I took the "Dirty Dozen...

The "Dirty Dozen" get a New Home - My DIY 15 gallon "Tall" Fish Tank

10 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai

I "Speed Cycled" my new 15 gallon "Tall" fish tank; that is, with water, bio-media, plants and snails from my other, well established fish tanks, the first nitrogen cycle was complete in 3 days vice the normal 3-4 weeks. Then I took the "Dirty Dozen...

My 3.5KW Home Backup System

8 Sep 2024 1 minute read 1 comment JaiChai

Got real lucky... All the components of my DIY 3.5KW Home Backup System were delivered and I was able to assemble it before my last all-day power outage (schedule "brownout"). The System is comprised of the following: 12.8V 280Ah LifePO4 Battery (bu...

Made a model of DeLorean

4 Apr 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Martin Kelen

Hi Cryptocomunity! Once again I want to share with you the things I made as hobby, to rest some moments of economics and politics and enjoy the handcraft art First I foud the bluepapers of the DMC-12 and designed the structure to be made in 3mm cardb...