Ask HN: What's your favorite site for hacking on things other than computers?

[manvsmachine]

a few of mine:

apartment design / DIY - http://apartmenttherapy.com

working on my car - http://altimas.net

all around randomness - http://lifehacker.com

[buckler]

Technological:

-Compilation of "Best How-To and DIY Sites" from PC Magazine (includes Instructables, WikiHow, Expert Village, WonderHowTo, etc.) - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2347650,00.asp

-DIY from Popular Science - http://www.popsci.com/diy

-"Type of Skills Everyone Should Know" (originally "100 Skills Every Men Should Know") from Popular Mechanics - http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4284709....

-"64 Things Every Geek Should Know" - http://laptoplogic.com/resources/64-things-every-geek-should...

Intangible/"Lifehacks":

-How to do better socially - http://www.succeedsocially.com/

-Productivity section of Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/tag/productivity/?refId=0

-Studying strategies - http://www.studygs.net/

Financial:

-Mint.com's blog - http://www.mint.com/blog/

[profquail]

Hack a Day: http://hackaday.com/ (for random electronics projects)

[sanj]

http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/

[reedlaw]

http://ladyada.net/make/ especially the x0xb0x

[jasonkester]

http://fantasticcontraption.com/ for hacking... uh... contraptions.

Be warned though, it's crack.

[diN0bot]

http://instructables.com

[bounce]

As mentioned instructables.com I heard they were experimenting with a pay wall, but I haven't been on there in a while. hack ikea http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/ found some good stuff here: http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page Upcycling: https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/tetani/upcycleart/htmls/proj... kinda cheesy http://forum.doityourself.com/

knowing how things work: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Ready made forums are good but down a lot: http://www.readymademag.com/forums/

[nodus]

http://www.motherearthnews.com/ <-- diy farming/homesteading

http://www.drivendaily.info/ <-- cars

http://thereifixedit.com/ <-- ugly kludges

[dan_the_welder]

http://www.cnczone.com

[Banzai10]

Basically I like to hack on money

http://www.getrichslowly.com http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com http://www.budgetpulse.com

but I will be starting to hack in internal designs also, because want to buy an apartment ;)

[bowman]

http://www.calnewport.com/blog/

Very well written blog for "Zen" like study hacks.

[bounce]

Also,

http://diy.alltop.com/

And a compilation: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tutorial_sites.php

[samlittlewood]

Making stuff: http://blog.makezine.com Broad range of hardware & electronics hacks.

[zephyrfalcon]

What do you mean... "other" things? :-)

[HeyLaughingBoy]

sparkfun.com -- General electronics

homeshopmachinist.com -- Metalwork and machining

makezine.com/blog -- just making stuff in general

candlepowerforums.com -- LED lighting

I describe myself as "just an engineer." I learn whatever tools I need to get a job done, so I don't distinguish much between software, electrical, mechanical, etc.

[lyime]

http://createdigitalmusic.com/

[noahlt]

Does anyone have any good resources for amateur/hobbyist hacking biotech?

[billswift → noahlt]

http://diybio.org/

Unfortunately, so far seems to be more talk than real projects.

[tarmac → noahlt]

Nice try, CIA.

[schindyguy]

sorry if i am repeating, but

http://lifehacker.com

[sahaj]

finance.google.com

i like to hack money :)

[onreact-com]

http://www.hackyourself.org/ :-)

http://www.theyesmen.org/ reality hackers.

http://www.rhizome.org/ technology + art

[dan_the_welder → onreact-com]

The yesmen are hilarious, I just watched their movie about a month ago.

How about that "management suit"?

[leif]

make blog, don't remember url

[mattyb → leif]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=make+blog