Recycled greenhouse
Chris writes – Here’s a quick and easy project to celebrate Earth Day. Recycle an old lightbulb and coffee cup into a mini greenhouse for your favorite tiny plants. RecycledGreenhouse / Projects / TWiki – Link.
Month: April 2007
Wood horn, early answering machine, $100 submarine, alarm clocks, 4 year old pilot – make a pinocchio puppet
Take a tour of yesterday’s future today — Horns made from tree trunks give odd musical tones – Link. Phone calls answered by machine – Link. $100 submarine – Link. Odd devices wake sleepers who scorn alarm clocks – Link. Youngster gets “Wings” at age of four – Link. Pinocchio the puppet – Link. More […]
Home Depot giving away 1m compact fluorescent light bulbs today!
Home Depot is giving away 1 million n:Vision compact fluorescent light bulbs to any one who visits their stores today – Link.
Get your Earth day on
Today is Earth day, take a tour of things going on… Doing something neat? Post up in the comments. Earthday Network Homepage – Link. Earth day US gov portal – Link. Earth day for kids – Link. Earth day (wikipedia) – Link. Earth day org – Link.
Simple Origami Paper Light Box
DIY Photography has a cheap solution on how to make a photography light box that utilizes simple origami paper folding and large pieces of paper. The photo of the object looks great. Link.
The week In tools
Chuck has the latest from “The Week in Tools”! This week we found a collapsible barrel that’s perfect for hauling grass clippings — small holes keep you from carrying around unnecessary water weight by draining it out the bottom — and came across a great way to ditch yet another pollution-spewing gas-powered lawn tool: a […]
Earth Day: REMINDER: Bay Area electronics recycling event April 22nd
Make Magazine and Maker Faire are proud to be involved with ACCRC (Alameda County Computer Resource Center — accrc.org), which is hosting an electronics recycling event on Earth Day, this Sunday April 22nd from 10 am to 6pm. Drop off any and all household electronics. In addition for this event we’re looking for old and […]
