The great promise of the Internet is that it will allow us to share every morsel of accumulated knowledge.
Bringing us one step closer is Instructables, a comprehensive database of do-it-yourself videos and articles. The site is packed with homegrown tips, expertise and instructions on how to undertake thousands of useful activities.
Want to turn an old NES cartridge into a functioning external hard drive with just a soldering iron and a screwdriver? How about retrofitting your original 1984 Mac so it can run the current Apple operating system or training a guinea pig to play dead? It’s all there for you to discover.
You can also find solutions to problems that aren’t quite answered by the array of videos. Just post a query in their answers forum and one of the site’s regular users (or “pros” in their lingo) will likely answer it (and turn the answer into a video).
If you’ve got knowledge you want to contribute, click on the Submit button to post your own article or video. (You know, in case you want to give back a little).
Who says you can’t build a better mousetrap?