We had the folks from monome out to Maker Faire earlier this year, and here’s a demonstrates of some hardware hacks to their open-source grid controller (the 40h… Brian writes – “The monome 40h is a reconfigurable grid of backlit buttons– the firmware is open source, and we encourage hardware hacks. We’ve also posted extensive […]
Artist Fred Eerdekens uses light and shadow to make incredible typography – [via] – Link. Pictured here, Neo Deo. Photo by m-c. Related: Shadow Play, Fred Eerdekens – Link. Fred Eerdekens – Link.
Our pals over at Photojojo have an easy project that turns your photo into mailable postcards… Bryan writes – “This tutorial will take you through some simple steps to create a 24-day-long photo care package for your pal. You’ll pick an image, slice it into 24 postcard-sized pieces, and mail one each day until your […]
Congrats to Gina & our pals over at Lifehacker, their new book is shipping soon! – “Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day is a companion to the Lifehacker.com web site, a collection of the best how-to’s from the site archives. I call it an “open source book” because its almost 2 years worth […]
There is an endless supply of Star Wards how-tos on the web, it’s pretty awesome… – “Welcome to the Definitve Guide to making your very own FULL METAL Blaster Rifle replica as seen in the Star Wars movies. The parts that went into making this prop came directly from the local hardware store and local […]
Artist Halli Civelek made this fun paper robot-like toy, he’s given us permission to post the PDF, so you can make your own too! [via] – Link. Click here to download the PDF, or get this PDF and many others including our audio and video via iTunes (RSS 2.0 feed).
Design News has its latest “Gadget Freak” – this one is a motion detection system that will turn on a sprinkler to scare off cats, varmints (and others) off your yard… Hap writes – “I had a problem with cats (and other small animals, armadillos, etc) getting into our flower beds and causing “undue stress” […]
