Well, I just made one of these to his specifications because the $50 "HD" antenna I bought is unimpressive. I used some galvanized electric fence wire I happen to have instead of wire hangers, and a 2x4, but otherwise its the same. It works great! I have Dish Network but don't get local channels in HD through them and…

The Goodwills of Eastern Iowa suck ass. Why? Because they always way overprice anything electronic. But their worse crime is not sizing any of the clothes. The best they do is group the clothes in men, womens and kids. And they barely do that. Every other Goodwill I've been to out of our area sizes their clothes in…

I would have to imagine that the best way to descent your shoes would be to get a container of activated carbon for aquarium filters at the pet store and use that instead of cat litter. #diy

Over time the various chemicals in the glues/epoxies will have corrosive effects on the traces and components. They already make chemicals for "potting" circuit boards specifically for this. I'm the sales manager for a populated circuit board manufacturer. Trust me on this.

Awesome, thanks! Its helped considerably.

Um... this may not be ethical, I dunno, but I'm on the road a lot and the easiest way to get internet access is to find a decent size apartment complex and sit in their parking lot. Inevitably someone has an open wi-fi signal they haven't bothered to secure.

@MidnightSwinga: Use it via Skyfire... assuming Skyfire works on Android.

When-oh-when will Google maps give me what *I* want? All I want is to be able to type in a starting point, and end point and several address in between then have google figure out the the best route for me to use. There are programs that do this but they're uber expensive commercial programs usually used by…