A/V

Digitizing LaserDiscs - Accessing 1970s analog video in a digital world.

Commodore 1702 - These little monitors have always been popular among hobbyists, and with the addition of an s-video port they become even better. Especially good for old game consoles now that everyone has fixed-resolution LCD TVs.

Mp3s - How to rip them and a clever way to compare their quality.

Techy
HP Jornada 72x - The HP Jornada 728s are quite simply one of the best Handheld PCs ever created. But since the last one was built in 2003, they're a bit out of date. I aim to fix that.

Motorola StarTAC - Many people fondly remember their StarTACs from the late '90s and early '00s. Since then though they have disappeared. Except for here.

Sun SparcStation 20 - A machine I have a bit of a soft spot for.

AMD K6 Dream Machine - This is the computer I would have built in 1999 if I had had thousands of dollars to spare. Now that the parts are all worthless, I've gone ahead and build it for playing old games on.

Amiga 3000 Restoration - The long winded project to repair an Amiga.

Payphone Cellphone Handset - What do you do with a smashed payphone?

Sony Liveview Hacking - Water and life proofing the Sony Liveview Remote.

NeXT Cube Repair - Bringing a rare machine back to life.

Xbox mods - I found myself with an original xbox and a pile of interesting parts, so I decided to create the nicest xbox I was capable of.

NeXTcube web server - The World Wide Web was created on a NeXT cube, so it seems only fitting that I should use one for such a task in this modern age of CSS and HTML5.

NTT DoCoMo Sigmarion III - A worthy successor to the Jornada, but it was only sold in Japan. I turned one up and set about making it more functional.

Sega Genesis Modifications - Giving my favourite console a bit of a boost.

LED Flashlights - A few attempts at building a better light source.

Ludlum Geiger Counters - Bringing a few of these old industry standards back to life.

Mac stuff

High performance Performa - The unimpressive Macintosh Performa gets a boost

5G iPod headphone port - A fiddly alternative to replacing the headphone port on a 5th gen iPod, and how to prevent a working one from failing.

Apple Newton 2100 - The Apple Newton series of PDAs were revolutionary products. Much like the Jornadas, they were killed just as they were getting good. Here are some ideas I had for improvements.

Mechanical

Honda Express - My Honda Express mopeds, my repairs, my improvements, and my write-ups about common problems.

Setting an Odometer - A quick way to match a replacement odometer to the vehicle's original.

1984 Pontiac Fiero - The sad story of my Fiero.

1985 Honda Elite - The slightly happier story of my Elite.

Misc
Coat hanger scale - A quick and dirty way to weigh packages.

Fantasy and microchips