I Made You a Wig

MrsWoman knitted her husband a wig. An Elvis wig.

Why? Well, if you need to ask that, you’re on the wrong website. If I ever go bald, I’m gonna have me a closet full of knitted hair.

(Via the PreSurfer)

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I Made You a Beard

Plastic Molding

Liquid plastic casting resins tend to be expensive and have set properties that limit your flexibility.  Mikey77 has come up with his own material out of materials so common, chances are you already have them. Best of all, you choose the color, viscosity, and set time yourself based on your needs.

He calls the stuff Oogoo, a name reminiscent of Sugru, an off the shelf product with very similar properties. In a nutshell, his recipe is very simple, just mix corn starch with silicone caulk.

The problem with silicone is that it takes a long time to dry from the outside in, the corn starch allows it to dry from the inside out, and very quickly. The ingredients are pretty safe and stable, so you can mix in your own dyes and other ingredients. Check out his full instructable here.

Recycled Pull-Tab

We live in a world full of uniform, mass produced, cheap little wonders. Case in point, the humble pull tab. Tossed out as refuge in the millions every day, but what better way to attach something on the wall? Just screw a pull tab to it and hang it over a screw/nail in the wall.

Yet another brilliant redneck repair brought to you by the folks at thereifixedit.

Getting Through Math Class With ADHD

If you are anything like me, math class was only good for one thing: Quieting down that analytical part of the brain long enough to get in some good doodling, which is why, in order to pass a math class, I had to stop bringing paper and just hope I could absorb something from the lecture before passing out from boredom. Now I find I just had the wrong teacher. If Vi Hart were my teacher, I think I would have learned at lightning speed. Check out the videos above for a sample.

If you like the concept of learning math, but don’t relish the slogging through textbooks, I highly recommend her site. I actually learned some very helpful things in most of the videos I’ve watched so far, and I enjoyed it. http://vihart.com/

3D Alternative to Glasses

Johnathan Post has a very impressive new method for seeing 3D content on video screens without shutter glasses. While there are some obvious reasons why this particular method isn’t going to catch on, I really am vastly impressed with his ingenuity.

Thermochromic Pigment

I’ve been wondering ever since the Hypercolor days why no one sells a house paint that changes from black to white as it gets warm. The same goes for shingles, jackets, etc. I can only assume that the costs of production must still outweigh their value as an active thermal insulation, but now that I see this, I’m tempted to at least make myself a jacket. In the video below, there is a tutorial on how to make fabric that quickly changes from black to white as it gets hot.

(via Badass Nerd)

Billiard Bowling

“Knockers” is what Steve Wienecke calls his game. Somehow I don’t think that’s gonna stick, but the game just might. He’s scaled up a pool table enough to play it with bowling balls. I’d love to give this a shot. It looks like more fun than regular bowling. Just don’t try to build one of these in your garage unless you like holes in your walls.

(via neatorama)