Turning a Hot Air Popcorn Popper into a temperature controlled Coffee Roaster

February 23, 2021

I love coffee, and I love making things. So I'm surprised this project took me so long, but thankfully I've finally got around to building my own coffee roaster. All you need for a good DIY coffee roaster is a source of heat, and something to mix up the beans....

How To Hack Alexa (Echo Dot) into Big Mouth Billy Bass

January 28, 2019

Alexa is fun and all, but combining her with animatronics such as the Big Mouth Billy Bass creates a much larger and weirder personality! In this post I'll walk you through how to make an Alexa device out of a Billy Bass toy. This isn't an original idea (kudos to...