Month: June 2006

Pong kit

Pong kit

Wow, for $20, this looks like a great kit, make your own Pong! – “Blocky table tennis with a ball and two paddles was one of the first real video games to make it into mainstream culture. It took an awful lot of high-tech electronics in 1972 to create this classic game. Now however you […]

DIY XM bracket

DIY XM bracket

Sensational Nightingale’s writes – “$5 homemade bracket for mounting xm radio. My wife’s dashboard doesn’t have a single flat surface for mounting with double-sided tape. The radio manual recommends buying an aftermarket bracket: I found one for $40, but could not bear to pay so much for a little piece of metal. I bought a […]

Skull Oven Mitts

Skull Oven Mitts

Splityarn added her finished skull oven mitts to the CRAFT flickr pool and we love them! The mitts are made from a pattern in Denyse Schmidt Quilts book (which I highly recommend). If you want to make your own, here’s a free oven mitt pattern and a selection of skull fabric to choose from. Link.

Radio radio MP3 player

Radio radio MP3 player

Machineproject writes – “Tom Jennings put a neat page up about converting his 1970 amc car radio into an mp3 player, which you might find interesting, a great part of the charm is his brief discussion of user interface design for car radios. He’ll be showing it at the Los Angeles meeting of dorkbot on […]

Thumb Drive, no really

Thumb Drive, no really

Munkeyworks writes – “Wikipedia has a whole slew of names listed for a portable USB drive. My favorite has always been “thumb drive”. Who doesn’t like literal translation? I decided to try my hand at thumb shaped usb drive (aw crap, things are getting punny).” Thanks Paul! – Link.

Thumb Drive, no really

Thumb Drive, no really

Munkeyworks writes – “Wikipedia has a whole slew of names listed for a portable USB drive. My favorite has always been “thumb drive”. Who doesn’t like literal translation? I decided to try my hand at thumb shaped usb drive (aw crap, things are getting punny).” Thanks Paul! – Link.