Chris Connors @ MAKE writes about Boston Skill Share, happening April 18-19 at MIT: So you have a great idea, and you want to share it, but where will you find people to share with? If you can get to the Boston area for the April 18 and 19th 2009 weekend (perhaps you haven’t yet […]
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Huh – this is really interesting, an “app store” from Liquidware….
Continue ReadingGirl’s Day is March 3 in Japan and to celebrate Zakka Life has a tutorial on how to make an origami empress.
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This is starting to look like an art project…
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Yikes, someone made a real “Fly Plane“. Not every cute illustration should end up “real” :( – Spatula writes – After coming across this lovely image depicting the construction of a fly powered matchstick airplane, I had to try it for myself. Here are the flies, trapped within their impenetrable polyethylene terephthalate dungeon of doom. […]
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Without polling the server, an expensive operation, there isn’t a simple way send a Javascript client frequently updated server data. This is a problem if you want to make a multiuser game or chat application in Javascript. A post on ajaxian proposes a solution: Daniel Prieler’s jsSO library, which proxies real time communication between Javascript […]
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At the last Phoenix DIY meeting, art teacher and avid crafter Lisa Jacobs ran a paper making workshop. We learned how to use recycled office paper as the base for art papers, to which we added colored napkins for pigment and dried flowers, glitter, conductive thread, and many others as “inclusions,” the things that jazz up the paper inside and out. With some simple supplies, this is a really easy, fun, and kid friendly project. Thanks to Conspire Phoenix for hosting! More info: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/02/papermaking_with_lisa_jacobs_c.html
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