Chris writes – “It will soon start raining here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I recently installed some [recycled] barrels to collect rain water for my gardening needs. Each barrel can hold 55 gallons of rain water. The rain water comes from one downspout, itself linked to a gutter that covers a 300 square […]
We love Photojojo and they’ve made a cool project that turns your photo into mailable postcards. [ via ] Link.
Back in the day dogs earned their keep, really… Here’s a great article (and drawings) of horse, sheep and dog powered contraptions… [via] – Link. More: Dog Power – Link. Museum of Retro technology – Link. Dog powered transportation: Dog Powered Scooter – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Aminorjourney posted up this pretty intense e-bike, it’s Pete Green’s “Franken -bike”, a Dawes Galaxy with a 350W motor – Link. Related: Eric Peltzer’s Electric Bicycle – Link. Schwinn 2007 electric bikes – Link. Electric Bicycle – Battery upgrade – Link. DIY Electric bicycle – Link. Bicycles Archives – Link.
Sheep in the city has tutorial on making charming stitchmarkers. Link.
Great chair design from Tal Shwartz – “”3pts.” is a simple-fun chair, made of 2 wood parts [lazer-cut birch] and 3 basketballs. this chair can be used both indoor and outdoor, perfect for any kind of house party, and you can always take one of the balls for a quick game…” [via] – Link.
Tim Fort has a couple incredible kinetic art sculpture video floating around… [via] – & here’s another.
