[Dave] set out to build the ultimate NES guitar. He’s apparently done a pretty good job, this thing is pretty remarkable. Every detail is covered in NES goodness. The body is a console, the head is a cartridge, his knobs are even replaced by goofy little heads of Mario and friends. We think he should do some custom pixel art inlays in the fretboard next. Skip to about 2:00 to hear him play a Nintendo medley on it.
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How To Use Competitive Analysis To Boost Your Facebook Fan Base
This is Day 26 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
If you are the average small business owner, there is a good chance that the majority of your competition isn’t doing much in the social media space. However there always is at least one person who stands out from the rest and I’m sure you can think of at least one company which accels where others aren’t even trying. For larger brands, having a social media presence (including Facebook) hasn’t been optional for at least a few years now. If…
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Automated blinds
Inspired by the multitudes of other automated window blind projects, [John] decided to build his own simpler design. Knowing his Arduino was massive overkill (yes, we hear you all cheering) he picked up a picaxe 08m starter kit. Looking at his very simple circuit, you’ll notice there are no resistors or capacitors. He designed it to take commands from his PC via IR. The final product is fairly well hidden, and should his girlfriend ever be upgraded to wife, we assume he’ll hide it better. Good job [John]. We’re no strangers to automated blinds, we’ve seen them a few…
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The Internet Adrenaline Rush
So youve researched the market youve decided to get into onthe net, youve done your homework and you know theirs a demandfor your product and not a whole lot of sites to compete with.Now your excited about the possibilities you may face. Youvebought your domain name and you have it hosted. Youve submittedyour site to all the major search engines, directories, youveeven implemented a linking strategy to add to your marketingarsenal. Over the next couple of weeks you pay close attentionto your webstats, and money allowing youve bought a couple ofmarketing ebooks and started testing different strategies. Someworked, some didnt.…
