Rockin’ Sock Monkey contest results @ Craftster
Craftster just announced the winner of their Craft Challenge #13 – Rockin’ Sock Monkeys! I PITY THE FOOL! by therealgigantor [via] – Link. Enough jibba jabba view all the rest of the entries – Link.
Month: August 2006
Free book trading and exchange community – BookMooch
What a great idea, BookMooch has an easy to enter system for all the books you want to give away (I typed in our MAKE ISBNs), you then receive requests for the books, when you mail the books you get points and then you can ask for books – Link & to help them get […]
“Hacking” Nokia cell phone LCDs
Jakob has a handy guide on (re)using the Nokia cell phone LCD screens for projects, he writes – “Many old Nokia cellular phones have graphical LCDs based on the PCD8544 controller. These are perfect for various electronic projects with microcontrollers. The interface is a two-wire serial type (clock and data), and some additional signals. The […]
HOW TO – Build a speech scrambler
Build a Security 1 (speech scrambler) from Popular Electronics March 1970 – Link.
Blog for craft entrepreneurs
Here’s a relatively new blog on the block specializing in information, tips, and more on how to be a craft entrepreneur. There are some great crafter interviews for biz advice as well as for craft inspiration (check out Eva Wright’s handmade baskets in South Carolina). [ via ] Link.
HOW TO – Sound transmission using light
Here are a couple simple circuits you can build that will transmit sound using light across short distances, one using a LED you can see and another using invisible IR (infrared). Sound transmission using light – Link. Infrared voice link- Link. Related: Transmit Audio with a Laser Pen – Link.
Suitcase – bags made from vintage men’s suits
“Suitcase” is an aptly named, nice sized messenger bag (totes too) made from recycled vintage suits. Created by London based Edson Raupp, each bag takes on a unique look depending on the suit and cut. From the site, “Edson has since designed many bags using recycled suit jackets where the key tailoring elements of sleeves, […]