Mar 12th, 2009
Instructables: Do it Yourself Projects to Learn and Keep Busy
I like to keep busy; part of that is coping with life (when you keep busy, you don’t get into trouble), part of that is wanting to achieve numerous goals, and part of that is to learn. When the weather is not friendly to my exercise efforts and I’ve hit the wall writing code and blogging, I like to teach myself something new and do something creative. My creative efforts are not sewing or painting but more like building a playhouse or building a USB charger for an iPod. For those kinds of times I turn to Instructables.
Instructables is a Web site that is a wealth of information on building all kinds of little projects. From gardening to electronics, from how to build your own carbon fiber bicycle frame (seriously!) to easy recipes, Instructables is kind of like open source for do it yourself projects. While I haven’t built one of their projects exactly as is, I’m currently in the middle of an inspired-by-Instructables (and using some of the electronics information on the site) battery pack for my portable router.
If you want to learn more about how to do things yourself or have a project in mind or just want something fun and interesting to do, check out Instructables.
[...] at Uncommon Cents, Ryan found a great website to help you with DIY projects. Great [...]
[...] at Uncommon Cents, Ryan found a great website to help you with DIY projects. Great [...]
[...] My mention of Instructables the other day seemed to get lots of attention. While my focus on Instructables is on creative projects (in particular some electronic projects), they also have other do it yourself and fix it yourself type projects, and there are Web sites that are similar such as eHow.com which can teach you how to change your oil or repair a toilet or any of dozens of other things, and of course, the Internet is the repair manual for everything. [...]
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