Grandpa Kipp’s Sure-Fire Yellow Jacket Trap! – “My grandpa turned me onto this sure-fire yellow jacket eliminator about 50 years ago when I was just a youngster. I’ve observed its efficiency in removing all the yellow jackets from our campsite in a matter of a single day and before the week was over the entire […]
Here’s how to make a device to record the path of the sun by burning a track onto a piece of paper – Thanks Bf5man! Link.
Brian writes – “One of my favorite projects from 2004 was the making of my Pong cabinet. After making the cabinet, I was left with some great red oak strips that were used as blocking to hold the pong together. I finally decided to use that wood to make a few wooden ink pens. This […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rob posted up photos from the Sideways Circus project he and Veronica Verkley created for the show Mods and Rockers, part of Digifest 2006, at York Quay Centre Toronto – Link.
If you hack things, you surely know about the O’Reilly hack books, but if you are new to the hacking world, they are a great place to start learning about how to make technology your own. While at the Maker Faire, I spent some time with Brian Jepson, editor with O’Reilly Media, browsing the O’Reilly […]
Pr0fess0r writes – “I’m in the habit of taking my NERF Maverick to work. It’s a nice little sidearm and it gives me the upper hand in meetings. Lately however, a particular co-worker has made a suit of armor which darts fired from the Maverick simply can’t pierce. (Cardboard is the kevlar of the nerf […]
This tiny 58 x 60 x 13mm 30g MP3 player uses SD and runs off a AAA battery, for $9 USD it’s likely a good device to hack up and make a MP3 playing jacket or some type of sound storage for a sensor / trigger. [via] – Link.
