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There's a reason they call dogs "man's best friend." Unlike cats, dogs want attention all the time, wait for you to get home from work and won't eat your eyeballs if you happen to kick [...]

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Create a gorgeous CAD drawing of a fantastic new product that will revolutionize the way people look at something. Have a CNC machine automatically mill it to exacting specifications. Even though it's perfectly designed and [...]

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We consider ourselves to be level headed people, but even we want to put a fist through a wall every once in a while. Something happens and it's just one of those days feelin' like [...]

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Scrolling through the work of Benclif Designs is like taking a stroll through some demonic kid's laboratory. At first it all seems very reminiscent of the work of a wiser Sid from Toy Story. Old toys and [...]

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We've been fans of vintage light fixtures for quite some time, but the price was always a huge barrier to entry for us. If we can rip down some drywall, mount brand new recessed cans [...]

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If you can think of anything cooler than having a bunch of art and lighting in your home made from recycled pieces of an airplane, let us know because we're honestly at a loss with [...]

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Despite what the name implies, a man cave needs good lighting. So if you’re still using the same $10 Ikea lamp (okay, free since you technically stole it from your roommate) from your first apartment, [...]

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Outside of DIY windmills, BB gun targets, pyramid building and impressive feats of strength, we didn't think there was anything useful to do with beer cans. Thomas Stanley Design proves us wrong again with their [...]

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When you're running late and you have somewhere you absolutely have to be, you will always be incapable of finding your keys. They're not in the bowl by the door, the pants you were just [...]

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Unlike Wayne Campbell who didn't even own a gun, let alone so many guns to necessitate an entire rack, you don't need to have a house chock-full of firearms to want one of these pieces [...]

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There's a sense of pride that comes with any D.I.Y. project.  Even when said project is fairly straightforward there is still a "raise your glass to a job well done" feeling that comes with its [...]

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How many times do you (or someone you live with) lose your keys? What about mail? Have you ever missed an important piece of mail because whoever picked it up today simply left it on [...]

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The idea of a guy firing a gun at some tin cans evokes images of overalls, pieces of hay propped between lips like long ashy cigarettes and the frequent yelling of the word "boy."  Assuming we ever [...]

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Perhaps movies like Independence Day have made us a bit fearful of what extraterrestrial life might bring to our planet.  The little buggers are always shown blasting ray-guns at our historic landmarks instead of, say, coming [...]

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It's sad that smokey old pool halls are disappearing at a rate faster than even a magic 8 ball could predict.  Where former bars of bottom shelf whiskey, lurking sharks and nights of debaucherous  fun [...]

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