Everything Nifty – From Chickens & Gardening to Printers & Technology
One of the common discussions on our printer forum is in regard to the “waste tank” that lies within many inkjet printers. These “tanks” are actually just ink pads that absorb and then become saturated with ink. There are a few ways ink becomes deposited on these pads including overspray during borderless printing, printing when Read More …
HomeMade Monitor Wall Mount A week ago I decided to upgrade to a new 23″ flat panel monitor (since I spend about 80% of my waking hours at the computer). I was thinking about buying a wall mount, but I discovered two problems: Most didn’t extend from the wall as far as I needed (about Read More …
A few weeks ago I received the following email: “I’ve written a procedure explaining how to remove a Canon i960 printer from its cover and base and how to prepare it to be operational while out of its case. It’s a 4 page PDF – 1 graphic, 3000 words, 36 paragraphs. Too big for a Read More …
Cut to the chase? Go to TouringPlans.com and read then join! Honestly, it was the only trip planning site we needed. Back in Febuary of 2008 my family took on the exciting yet daunting task of planning a trip to Walt Disney World. We knew if we wanted to maximize our trip and have a Read More …
Over the years since first posting the article on my Homemade Compost Sifter Screen Sieve I’ve received some really amazing comments by some incredibly ingenious site visitors. A few have even been willing to submit their information for inclusion onto www.Nifty-Stuff.com including: Automatic Compost Sifter – Screen Sieve – Screen Shaker for Soil and Compost Over the Read More …
Years ago I posted my thought on The BEST LED Flashlights. Unfortunately a few things have happened since publishing that post:
We’ve had a lot of interest in the Automatic Compost Sifter – Screen post. One visitor of the site, Richard Buxton, posted a comment and sent a picture. I was so impressed I asked him to submit some more details so I could post it up as its own article. So, below we present the Read More …
I’ve been fascinated with automatic chicken coop doors. My current auto coop door closer has been working like a champ for months. I received a lot of great replies to that thread, and one of them was from a visitor named Bob. I was so impressed with his design and pictures I asked him if I Read More …
Rest In Peace Ming-Ming Duck After years of thinking about this, and after 2 separate raccoon attacks I finally found some time to create a prototype / proof of concept of my auto chicken coop door closer. You can read the details of the initial design here: https://www.nifty-stuff.com/automatic-chicken-coop-door.php.
I’m sure you guys know about that “middle button” that is hiding underneath your scroll wheel on your mouse, right? Usually it is set to some useless feature like “auto scroll”… I mean, come on… who uses auto scroll anyway? Well, the very first time I discovered that button (and how useless it truly was) Read More …