Matt's Tech and DIY site

I took a couple days of vacation just to stay home and work on the pinball machine. I'm typing this blog from the actual computer that...

Going on two years... ugh.  But, the pinball machine gets some DIY love only when there is absolutely nothing else required like family, fri...

Making a "Magic Mirror" with a Raspberry Pi

The progress had been slow...almost two years since the wood cabinet construction, but I'm slowly making some progress. The back cabine...

The 2012 Volt is fantastic...just picked it up five days ago for a steal.  Certified Pre-owned from Chevy, with lots of warranty still left ...

Vision Monday Smart devices are causing untold increases in eye strain, and possible future risks of cataracts.

Bezel removal guide: HERE Install and Speaker Replacement guide:  HERE

     If you do your own lawncare, maybe one you'll have the misfortune of killing off some portion of your green lawn inadvertently due...

Here is Lifehacker's great guide to migrating your Windows computer the newer, faster SSD (solid state drives) Samsung has a great 1T...

Samsung Smart Dock for Note II Samsung has now bumped up the bar for smartphones... how about a dock (ala the old laptop docks of yore) to...

I needed some videos to play on my large screen LED TV through my Sony BDP-BX58 Blu-Ray player.  It was awkward to hook up my desktop to the...

How to Do a Clean Install of Windows 8 with an Upgrade Disc   Whitson Gordon Sometimes, you  just need to do a clean install . Unfo...

After perusing the web for a cost-effective iTouch wall mount, I decided to try my own hand (and tight wallet ) at making my own wall mount....

This will detail how to image (or copy) a hard drive running Windows 7 and having an SRP , (aka "System Reserved Partition) which is ...