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...Home Improvement CNET Digital Home DIY digitalhome.cnet.com Interactive video tutorials teach non-geeks how to upgrade to high-definition TV, set up a wireless home network or stream digital music from a computer to another room in the house. The "convince me" pages offer reasons why you should take on a particular job in the first place-which comes in handy if you've got a skeptical spouse with veto power. Visitors are invited to vote on which projects CNET's experts should tackle next...
...restore your sense of wonder To many, prefabricated accommodation is synonymous with holiday camps, and about as appealing as queuing for communal showers. Hoping to fix that is TomaHouse (tomahouse.com). The German firm's new Bale Classic villa incorporates Balinese design in one of the most stylish examples of DIY accommodation around. With an aluminum skeleton as its core, the Bale Classic can comfortably expand from a 4.7-m-by-4.7-m footprint up to 200 sq m. Smart electrical and plumbing solutions are provided, including solar panels for use in remote areas, and just three tools (wrench, allen wrench...
...many, prefabricated accommodation is synonymous with holiday camps, and about as appealing as queuing for communal showers. Hoping to fix that is TomaHouse (tomahouse.com). The German firm's new Bale Classic villa incorporates Balinese design in one of the most stylish examples of DIY accommodation around. With an aluminum skeleton as its core, the Bale Classic can comfortably expand from a 4.7-m-by-4.7-m footprint up to 200 sq m. Smart electrical and plumbing solutions are provided, including solar panels for use in remote areas, and just three tools (wrench, allen wrench and screwdriver) are needed...
That combination of recycling and innovation has special appeal to a generation that has come of age in a world of global mass marketing. Railla calls it "Generation DIY" (for do it yourself). "It's so much better than showing off a Prada label," she says. "When I get dressed, I want to tell the world that I'm creative, complicated and colorful...
...hear Droste and fortunately-surnamed bandmate Chris Bear reaching into an endless closet full of found-sound bells and whistles, literal and metaphorical, piling on the codas and effects in ProTools, the not-quite-DIY producer’s best friend. “I’ll find weird things in my room to make a noise with,” Droste explains. Songs that began years ago as minimal guitar noodles or melodic whispers into the cheap hand-held tape recorder that he carries have been fleshed out into full-on psychedelic mantras on Horn of Plenty...