   Instructables.com
  Have any of you folks seen Instructables.com? I've been perusing it lately, and there are a lot of neat things on it. It's kind of the YouTube of DIY projects, if that makes any sense. Yes, there are some problems with the general populace having absolutely atrocious spelling, leading to quite a bit of confusion in some cases, but you'll find that just about anywhere (except GDNet, of course). Anyways, I was using it to get ideas for why my 9V battery powered miniature guitar amplifier wasn't working, and ran into a plethora of great ideas for using found parts as well as some interesting construction techniques, and just thought I'd share.   
  Instructables is soooooooo 2006.Actually, I think it is a pretty cool concept.  I hadn't been to the site in a very, very long time.  Looks like they've done a great job of keeping the trash off the front-page.  Too bad I am not much of a tinkerer.  Looks like a MacGyver's wet dream...   ;Quote:Original post by visageLooks like a MacGyver's wet dream...Some of their high voltage projects just beg for Darwin Awards...But yeah, there's some interesting stuff on there.   ;Quote:Original post by Yann LQuote:Original post by visageLooks like a MacGyver's wet dream...Some of their high voltage projects just beg for Darwin Awards...But yeah, there's some interesting stuff on there.yeah, I've noticed a couple of people on here are a bit cavalier about safety...   ;  I've seen the site before, but their hosting makes GDNet look like the pinnacle of reliability. I don't think I've ever managed to get to the end of an article on the site without it dying on me. [sad]   ;  Yeah, I've noticed that it can completely forget itself sometimes. The comment threads are a little awkward, too. It seems like the blocks are too small to make for easy reading.   ;  I made these for Christmas gifts, based on browsing instructables.com.;Quote:Original post by Andrew RussellI made these for Christmas gifts, based on browsing instructables.com.Wow, I knew you could make them yourself but I opted to buy the real ones for me and my girlfriend at the time. The ones you made yourself look great, didn't think about using pebbles like that!I've learned plenty of useful things from that site.. I don't check it often, these days, and some of the things on there are way beyond my ability, but things like a quick guitar capo out of a rubber band and pencil, and some of the recipes, are pretty great.