Once the presents have all been unwrapped and the guests have all gone home, there’s no better way to while away the holidays than potentially dangerous DIY projects. Alcaron over at Alcaron’s Projects (weird place to find him, huh?) has posted a guide to coloring your Xbox 360 controller that involves dangerous fumes, potential melting, and chemical bonding processes. If you can’t fatally screw this one up you’ve got issues.
Pretty nice results! The trick is substituting paint with Plastikote vinyl dye, which costs about $5 and is absorbed into the plastic, avoiding the buildup you get with a paint application. Alcaron has posted a step by step guide on his site, though of course it’s always more amusing to gather the parts and try to figure it out for yourself. Michael Fahey

Noir 360 – Wireless Controller [Alcaron's Projects - Thanks to Her Royal Highness Chilly, Empress of All Games]