Month: March 2006

DIY Video recorder

DIY Video recorder

Sal writes – “…I had some big plans in store for the Mini-ITX box. The plans were, roughly, to install a hard drive, move to a more powerful Linux distribution, and add PVR capabilites to the system. Because the computer was already situated in my living room, making it into a personal video recorder was […]

Handcraft Art Exhibit in NY – The Workmanship of Risk

Handcraft Art Exhibit in NY – The Workmanship of Risk

If you are in NY you must check out “The Workmanship of Risk” exhibit at the St. Lawrence University. Curated by KnitKnit founder Sabrina Gschwandtner the exhibit looks at handcrafts for conceptual rather than utilitarian purposes. From the site, “Juxtaposing knitting with mechanically reproduced media, needlepoint with politics, and sewing with social critique…” Pictured above […]

Refill ‘er up

Refill ‘er up

Ink wars! OfficeMax, Wallgreens & Cartridge World all have ink refilling services – ” A new battle is brewing in the technology trenches over a very old product: ink. What was once seen as a grimy task reserved for frugal technology geeks, environmentalists and hobbyists is now about to be legitimized in a huge way, […]