Category Archives: DIY

Make Your Own In-N-Out Double-Double Burger at Home [Recipes]

You already know how to make your own Shake Shack burgers, but if In-N-Out is more your style, food blog Serious Eats has once again reverse engineered this well-known burger so you can make it at home...
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Build Your Own Battlestar Galactica Viper Rocket! [Rockets]

Estes may have discontinued its wicked Battlestar and Star Trek replica rockets almost 20 years ago, but some clever hobbyists have info on how you can still build one today.

Verna Rockets has a full debrief on its own builds, complete with links to several sites with parts and instructions. You'll find everything you need to build a flying model rocket that looks like a Recon Viper, the U.S.S. Enterprise, even The Black Hole Space Probe from "The Black Hole"

Confession: I always get psyched by rocket kits. Have any pics of your own launches that you'd like to share? [Verna Rockets via Hobby Media]



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Turn a Shoe Organizer into a Vertical Herb Garden [Clever Uses]

Don't have enough space in your place to grow some herbs? Turn a shoe organizer into a vertical garden and as long as you have even a balcony railing with sun exposure, you'll have more than enough room.

Whether you're living in an apartment and dreaming of a garden's worth of fresh herbs for use in your kitchen, or you already have a garden and you want to put the bare side of your potting shed to work, this simple hack will turn your vertical space into an herb growing high rise.

The design is simple. Hang a canvas shoe organizer, fill with potting soil, and plant your favorite herbs in the pouches. With some strong sun and adequate water you'll have a thriving spread of herbs to flavor your favorite dishes. For more details on the design and implementation, check out the full tutorial at the link below.



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Window Farms and R&D-I-Y

Taking eco-innovation out of the hands of large corporations and slow moving “official” groups, artists Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray are putting their R&D-I-Y (Research and Develop it Yourself) ethos into practice with their latest project -...
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