Month: August 2006

MAKE Japan – Amazon

On Amazon.co.jp 本: コンピュータ・インターネット MAKE Japan hit the top of “What’s New” (I think) – “ハードウェアハッキングとD.I.Yなど、作る楽しさを味わえる『Make』。英語オリジナル版では、多くのファンを獲得した注目のタイトルがいよいよ日本上陸！中古マウスで作るジャンクロボ、ミント缶ヘッドフォンアンプ、といったものから、ビデオデッキを改造して猫の給餌機を作る、といった他では読めないユニークな記事が満載だ。“ – Link & Amazon page. More: You can also download a sample MAKE 01 (Japanese PDF) here – Link. MAKE Japan – Link. MAKE Japan announcement – Link. MAKE Japan Flickr photo pool (just started!) – Link. We’re still […]

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Solar cells

Solar cells

Spark Fun Electronics has some new 7 x 4.5″ 9V solar panels for $30 – “Packaged solar cell with barrel plug termination. This is a custom cell produced for SFE – not a small toy surplus item! This unit is rated for 8V open voltage and 310mA short circuit. We actually took a random unit […]

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Craft Memo review

Crafter Jess Clement fell in love with craftmemo.com, a new site that is a craft record keeping and management tool for projects. She loves it so much, she even wrote up a review for us and shows us how to use the new Craft Memo site as place to inventory all your projects and supplies. […]

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Etsy + CRAFT contest – 1 more week only!

Ok Crafters just another reminder, we have a new contest and promo with Etsy and our new magazine CRAFT. Only one more week to get your stuff in by August 21st. Here’s the rules: Using whatever medium you desire (knitting, sewing, jewelry, beading, painting, photography, needlepoint, woodburning, anything!) we challenge you, the people of Etsy, […]

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