Archive for January, 2008

Recycled Chopsticks Folding Baskets

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Chopsticks Basket

Kwytza Kraft has some cool products made from old chopsticks, like the fruit basket pictured above. They also offer some other products, like lamps and a necklace. It would probably be pretty easy to make these on your own, I know I have enough chopsticks laying around at my place to do it…..

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Boost Your Wifi Connection With a Soda Can

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Soda Can

A pretty good idea by these guys, not sure how well it works, but seems promising. Cut open a soda can and use it to direct your wifi signal.

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Make Your Own Messenger Bag

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Bre Pettis Messenger Bag

Make: magazine has a great write-up on how to make your own hot looking messenger bag (or really any kind of bag) using plastic bags. Here’s the link to the pdf document.

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And here’s the link to our article on the same subject (binding plastic).

Paper Towel Tube Draft Dodger

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Paper Towel Tube Draft Dodger

Juggling Frogs has a quick and easy fix on how to get rid of that annoying draft of cold air that seeps under doors without spending any/much money. The whole process just involves paper towel tubes, plastic grocery bags, some felt, and some magnets.

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Turn old gadgets into new schwag

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Old to new gadget

Lifehacker has a great post on what to do with all your favorite gadgets that are now obsolete. This article is perfect for all you kids that received new electronics/wish you had the new electronics that just seem to make your old stuff look…..well, old.

Here’s a list of some of the projects:

  • X-box into a Media Center
  • Revive an out of date computer with free software
  • Turning a $60 router into a $600 router
  • Rescue a dying iPod

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If you’ve done one of these projects, we’d love to hear about it on our main site.

Our fancy new blog

Monday, January 21st, 2008

So to help us spread the word on upcycling, we’ve decided to integrate a blog into the site. We hope you’ll find this new feature useful. Let us know if you have any suggestions or comments.