I live on top a 13 story building that overlooks the Gasteneau Channel in Juneau, Alaska with a Myfi card in it it now uploads images to my webserver that it takes every 15 minutes so it's kind of a low tech static web cam. The last place I lived I kept it focused on my front door area from a window so I could check…

This might just be the kick in the pants I need to start messing around with LED's again. I've got a couple of old lamps from the 1950's that I absolutely love the design of. I've been wanting to make a light source with a column inside the tall (4 foot) tube like lamp shade it uses. I'd love to reproduce the thing…

@thinkerer: I had a friend that did something similar. He had a cheap remote thermometer that comes with most the "weather stations" you can buy now for less than $20. He used that to monitor his temperature. In the end we ended up running an exhaust vent out the back of the wall into the kitchen and vented it…

I work in IT and when people blame us for not getting their work done when their just ignorant on how to use a PC really leave me annoyed, but when the person then lies to cover their own arse it's hard not to go into a rage...

Tethering for net access with a laptop should be basic and free (although making it a hotspot for a few machines to hook up to would be a lifesaver sometimes. Also why can't I sync my iPhone to my computer over wifi? It would be awesome if when i docked it on my alarm clock/radio at night that I could hit an app and…

@Chispea: I've done most of those tricks, but it would be a lot more handy if that was an option baked into iOS. Also I'd love to have it display upcoming meetings, recent missed calls/txts.

@rkinne01: That's pretty similar to what I do, but I use the Sharpie Oil Markers to mark the ends of my power cords that plug into the strip.

Sweeeeeeet!