A link from Boing Boing that shows you how to build a hamster powered night light. Covers some of the basics of electrical projects, so it's an interesting read if you're not familiar with electrical projects.

Using LCD and cellophane, you can inexpensively make your own 3D display. This is a great article going into the science behind stereoscopic viewing, as well as detailed instructions on how to create your own 3D display. other interesting projects (e.g. using 2 cell phone diplay images to create a 3D image) are also presented.

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Using an ordinary match, some foil and a launch pad made from a paper clip, you can easily make your own "matchstick rocket". Here's another all text site with instructions. The instructions on the text site vary a bit, but he has also posted his best distances (44' 8") and experiments into "fine tuning" his rocket.

This link from Gizmodo talks of a true coffee geek. His web site goes into the very fine points of roasting coffee, and you can tell, this guy loves his job and his coffee, he also really knows his stuff. Pretty interesting read if you're a coffee lover, especially if you ever plan on roasting your own coffee or becoming a barista yourself.

Start practicing for next years Burning Man by building your own geodesic dome. This would be way cooler than sleeping in a tent and when it's all done, burn it in the bonfire (as the site says, use a water based paint if you planning on burning).

Here's a site that shows you how to create a very basic solar robot (solar roller as they call it). It doesn't do much but roll, but it's a fairly easy to make, and a good way to get started in solar projects.

If you enjoy the climbing walls you use at the gym, here's a great site for you. This site not only gives you the basics to building a climbing wall, but at the bottom, has links to many other resources and more detailed information.

This is unofficially BBQ week for me. Tomorrow I plan to eat at one of the top rated BBQ place in San Francisco (Brother-In-Laws), but I have to admit, it'll be tough to beat Memphis Minnie's (his setup is very similar to my own using a CookShack smoker, which I'm using a lot more over my Brinkman upright water smoker). Then Friday I'll be smoking up ribs and pulled pork for about 12 co-workers and friends. Finally, Saturday I'm going to be a judge at the West Coast BBQ Championship which is a Kansas City BBQ Society sanctioned event. So as you can see, I'm not just a tech geek, but a BBQ geek as well :) and to honor my personal BBQ week, todays link shows you how to build your own smoker.

You don't actually see the cosmic rays, but this site shows you how to build a "Cloud Chamber" to view the cosmic ray's trail (which is still extremely cool). For more background information and pictures, take a look at this site.