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Yet Another Holiday Gift Guide
ptorrone writes "I was tired of seeing all the gift guides that had a lot of useless junk, since I work at MAKE Magazine I thought I'd try another approach and write a gift guide for holidays that might be useful for people that like to make stuff." Most of the stuff here is under a hundred bucks. There are many great ideas in there that could get you on your way to some stupid hack.
ebay - you can get dead 3g ipods for $10 or maybe $20 that just need a new battery. and then you can get a replacement battery for about $15. craigslist and freecycle have ipod cheapies/freebies too.
Remember, don't give CD's!
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Save your wallet.
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Unglazed Mexican quarry tile is an order of magnitude cheaper than a commercial pizza stone. The bottom rock of my oven is essentially continuous tile with a 1" gap around the sides for air flow. I can't comment on Pizza Crust, but I can make some of the best artisan bread you can get without a commercial steam-injection oven.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
"Geez! What kind of thorw-away society are we! "
Geez! where have you been for 25 years?
It's also cheaper to buy a new TV then pay someone to fix one, same with radio's, furniture, etc...
This is a byproduct of mass assembly of integrated parts.
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Most "broken" 3G iPods on eBay still go for $50 to $100. I have yet to see a $10 3G iPod sale.