Wooden monitor stand with integrated usb hub

 

 

1. Place the hub on the wooden plank and mark the outline with a pencil. 

2. Begin the break-in with wood chisels and a hammer. 

 

3. When the dig is ready and the hub fits properly (better if it fits in a "tight" way) with a wood file and sandpaper, give it a smooth finish until the wood becomes smooth

 

4. Thoroughly clean any dust that might otherwise enter the hub's USB sockets 

5. place the hub in the cutout 

 

6. use a metal plate (iron, sheet metal, even a cut out beer can) I used a car stereo bracket that I found in the garage 

7. mark the points and drill a guide hole with the drill 

 

8. screw the plate so that the hub is firmly fixed, otherwise when you extract the usb devices you run the risk that the hub moves or even comes off 

 

9. in this way, without using glues, if you want to remove or replace the hub, just unscrew the screws.

 

10. I also made some grooves on the supports to keep the cables in order.

That's it! the hardest part is doing the cutout, take your time doing it. Total time of work (and fun...): 2h.

MOC - God Phoenix Jet - LEGO 31070 ALTERNATE BUILD - Turbo Track Racer - Model D

God Phoenix Jet

"The God Phoenix is an aircraft used by the Science Ninja Team and is mainly piloted by Ryu, often serving as the main base of operations for the team."

We named it "God Phoenix" in honor of 1972 anime Gatchaman, whose Jet the model is inspired, and here it is the instructions to build this model.

It has an openable dome and inside there are two seats, with all the technical and scientific equipment

the hold is openable and inside there is a rover with a mechanical arm that can be controlled from inside the God Phoenix or by a pilot

the front can be unhooked and becomes a motorboat and there is a mechanism to rotate the propellers in a vertical position for vertical landing. The wings fold to provide stable support.

 The instructions are in PDF format and clear to follow

Link to the instructions

Hide Windows of Running Programs

I love freewares, even more if they are Italian.

It's just out the latest version of TrayEverything, a program that in my view should be installed in every Windows machine.

Through TrayEverything you can minimize any window open in the system tray with a simple key combination.

Add to this the very useful function that allows you to hide icons in the tray to make "invisible" our work, then you will surely love this program.

If you wish to drive a "cofee break" but fear that a colleague watch your monitor, you can also set a password for both the software and for the minimized programs.

The author of this application is Max Galbusera.

My Review of Sony ICF-DS11iP Clock Radio Docking Station

I bought this docking station a couple of weeks ago and I want to tell you what are the impressions that I got.


Basically it's a clock radio with digital radio presets and 6 (this function is very convenient because i don’t like to turn the wheel to go from one station to another), is fully equipped with two alarms configurable, A and B. It’s possible to configure each of the two alarms for working days at a time and for the weekend at a different time.


You can wake up with a buzzer or with the radio or your iPhone (or iPod). Very handy being able to set the alarm volume so don’t worry if during the day you listened to the radio too loud. There is snooze function, the display is nice and big and the brightness can be set to 3 different levels of intensity.


There is the remote, I thought it was a perfectly useless, but I had to change my mind, if the docking station is not within arm's reach (and that's my case) is convenient! ...because after I read a bit 'and I want to sleep, i don’t want having to move even an inch off the radio ...
There is a lithium battery that if the electric line go down don’t lose the time and setting alarms.


Meanwhile you listen to the iPhone (or iPod) yhe dock charge them, on the back there is an AUX input for any mp3 player.
The sound quality is the best I've ever heard in a clock radio, really good. Obviously NOT an HI-FI, so those looking for the purity of the sound or the depth of bass will look at other things and spend a looooot more ...


The only flaws I found are:
The menu navigation of the iPhone (I have a 3g) is purely sequential, if you select a playlist on the iPhone can only do play, stop, forward and back. I would have preferred more advanced features ...
The transformer is built into the plug and it is quite big, so if the plug is hidden behind the table consider that the plug-transformer has a reasonable footprint.


Overall, a purchase which I am very satisfied, from all points of view.