The virtual typewriter museum
The Virtual Typewriter Museum collection is an online version of a 200 page book that details decades of typewriters. My favorite is the Hansen writing ball from 1870 – [via] Link.
Month: April 2007
Hooked on Crochet Flickr Group
Sunshine’s Creations has created a fun new Flickr group for all you crochet lovers out there! Called “Hooked on Crochet”, you Link.
The sculptures of Christopher Conte
Aritst Christopher Conte makes amazing bio-mech sculptures – he’s worked on prosthetics and recently signed on with H.R. Giger’s agent (an early influence) – [via] Link.
Maker Faire: Electric Giraffe is back!
This Electric Giraffe is big, and was a smash hit at the Maker Faire last year. Frank Lawlor had a great time, showing the ride to the likes of the “Mythbusters” crew, plus the hundreds of kids who fell in love with the machine. “This year,” he says, “I hope to walk outdoors around the […]
Bookbinding Resources
Nicole of Freshly Blended has compiled a great list of resources for bookbinding. Nicole writes: When it comes down to it, bookbinding is definately not a budget friendly hobby or even career. So pinching the penny to get more for your buck is always the top goal of mine. Don’t be afraid to start out […]
Plasma ball nixie tube
Daqq made a plasma ball made out of an old nixie tube – Link. Basically, a plasma ball or lamp or however we decide to call it is a glass sphere/other shape filled with very low presure gas (ussually neon) and a tesla coil (or any similar resonator based power supply) or other high voltage […]
Skitch Screencast
Click To Play A couple months ago, I mentioned the new (Mac-only) Skitch screen-capture and annotation app from Plasq. At the time, I wasn’t able to register for their mailing list (the captcha issue is fixed now, so do head over to sign up), but I just got a sneak peak at the private beta, […]
