HOW TO – Sew a glam rock scarf
Just like Bowie and Jagger, Deborah Merlo shows you how to sew an easy to make glam rock scarf. Link.
Month: November 2006
HOW TO – Build a solar iPod charger
Here’s a pretty simple DIY solar iPod charger from “M”@ yosemiteoutside.com – “I looked everywhere for a lightweight solar iPod charger. Nothing fancy, just something I could attach to the top of my backpack. I couldn’t find one anywhere, I couldn’t even find instructions on how to build one. So, I set about building one […]
New glowing mushrooms found in Brazil
Here’s an incredible photograph by Rodrigo Baleia @ National Geographic news of a newly discovered glowing mushroom in Brazil… – “Like a black light poster come to life, a group of bioluminescent fungi collected from Ribeira Valley Tourist State Park near São Paulo, Brazil, emanates a soft green glow when the lights go out. The […]
Skull knitting pattern
domiKNITrix has one of the best free skull patterns around. So good that another crafter Lisa made a huge skull afgan out of it. Link.
Hard drive belt buckle
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Schtyle did the only thing you can really do with an old broken hard drive (besides making a clock, speakers, ok – there’s lots of things…) but this is an another belt buckle… stylin! [via] – Link. Related: Make a hard drive belt buckle… – Link. Blinky belt buckle – […]
Building live steam locomotives in 1/8 scale
Paul writes – “Here’s picture sent to one of my mailing lists by a fellow model engineer, of a boiler he’s building. Looks very much like a Jack-o-Lantern… He also blogs his progress on a number of different locomotive projects, heres the page. Not sure, but I thought this stuff may be of interest to […]
HOW TO – Pacman arcade costume
Russ writes in with his MAKE/CRAFT contest entry, a MAME costume! – “After being invited to an 80’s themed Halloween Party, I spent weeks (OK, minutes) trying to come up with a cool idea for a costume. Sure, I could go as He-man or Punky Brewster, but I wanted to make it something that had […]
