Monday, August 23, 2010

Homemade Ikea Lack Side Table

After lot of research online on this product, I am planning to make one for myself.
Important features of this product are

  • Easy to assemble
  • Low weight
  • Easy to move
  • Environment friendly

I am planning to make it as

  • Top: White Sunmica
  • Filling material: Paper
  • Leg: Square wooden batons

The dimensions of table that I am planning to make are 1.5feet by 1.5 feet by ~1.5 feet height.
Lets see how it goes. Keep looking for updates.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Terracotta home composter

In our society most of the people are unconvinced about composting. Why would anyone want a big pile of rotting food in their yard or home? But composting is good for everybody.

Here in this instructable we will see about the myths and pros of composting.

What people have to say about composting?
1. They are smelly.
2. They look bad when done at home
3. But I don’t have a garden
4. it’s not my job (I pay taxes)
5. I do not have the time
6. I have tried. It didn’t work
7. I live in an apartment


What composters have to say about composting?
1. Waste Reduction
Fewer compostable in the landfills mean less landfill mass. Reducing the amount of stuff in our landfills directly affects all of us. When they try and build new landfills, they may try and build it in your backyard. Which is worse? A bucket of compost or a nearby landfill filled with rats?

2. Free Fertilizer Why buy something you can make for free?

3. Better Soil Are you trying to keep up with your neighbors and their extravagant lawn? How much money do you think your neighbor pay to have such lush grass? You can have superior soil without paying a dime by composting.

4. A Superior Garden Composting creates a healthier garden with better soil, and you'll be using a superior fertilizer. In the end, you'll be able to grow more and better crops for less money. If you're going to garden, why not do it right?
Here is the most eco friendly and long term solution to get better compost without the hassles.
The link below gives every detail about how to make a home composter
Link: Terracotta home composter

Speedometer Graph in Excel

I have seen some speedometers in some of the professional dashboards. I thought how? How do they do it? So I did some preliminary research and came up with this speedometer. I am presently using it in my projects dashboard. I have put up an instruction of how to create your own speedometer graph. I will be adding the same to my share price workbook soon.
Link: Speedometer Graph in Excel

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Cryptex

The word cryptex is a neologism coined by the author Dan Brown for his 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code, denoting a portable vault used to hide secret messages. It is a combination of the words cryptology and codex; "an apt title for this device" since it uses "the science of cryptology to protect information written on the contained scroll or codex"

The (first) cryptex featured in the novel is described as a stone cylinder comprising "five doughnut-sized disks of marble that had been stacked and affixed to one another within a delicate brass framework"; end caps make it impossible to see inside the hollow cylinder. Each of the disks is carved with the entire alphabet and, since they can be rotated individually, the disks can be aligned to spell different five-letter words.

The cryptex works "much like a bicycle's combination lock", and if one arranges the disks to spell out the correct password, "the tumblers inside align, and the entire cylinder slides apart"

In the suceeding posts I will try to recreate the same cryptex (ofcourse with different code alltogether).

So! Keep watching!