Spluch writes in – Dutch artist Edwin Zwakman produces large-scale photographs by painstakingly reconstructing objects and landscapes from memory! The pylon pictured above is made from approximately 400 pieces of copper soldered together. Each cable is made from vinyl, and cotton wool is used in background. CR Blog » Blog Archive » Remodelling the World […]
Obeyken shows you how to make Blinkybugs – Blinkybugs are small, eletro-mechanical insects that respond to stimulus such as movement, vibration, and air currents by blinking there LED eyes. They’re incredibly simple, yet have a certain lifelike quality. I’ve been making variations of these for a while now, and showing others how to make them […]
Handbrake, an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows and one of the easiest way to rip DVDs, has a new version out: User presets (Mac) AppleTV and PS3 support Anamorphic, even in QuickTime Surround sound (both AAC 5.1 and Dolby Pro Logic II) Chapter markers (QuickTime-style) […]
Amazing visualizations of the blogosphere @ Data Mining – [via] Link.
Mark Rutley writes: Seeing as how it’s close to Earth Day, I thought I’d send in some pics of the green messenger bag I made for my wife. The bag measures 14″ wide, but 13″ tall, by about 4″ deep. It’s made from 95% reused material. The 5% non-reused material was from some scrap webbing, […]
Firefly, formerly mt-daapd, is an open source digital audio server that can stream your music library to iTunes. Linux appears to be the most supported platform, but there is also beta support for Mac OS X, Windows, and even the AppleTV! One of its cooler features is that it’s capable of transcoding your music files […]
Berocco has a free pattern to make this Talisman small knit handbag. It only uses 2 balls of Berroco Boho yarn and I love the mix of textures and colors of Newsprint. So stylish and looks like a quick knit project. Link.
