DIY stain removal from MAKE 05 by Arwen – The internet has made stain removal hugely easier, so now every time I run into something new, I go online and see which tips make the most sense to me, or check out online forums to see if anyone has a new twist. Removing stains doesn’t […]
The CRAFT/MAKE team was at the Martha Stewart announcement / gathering today, she’s endorsing SVP’s sewing machines (Singer, Pfaff, Husqvarna Viking). I dig Martha, she’s really sharp. Photos here. The machines they showed off we (mostly) computer controlled, and with laptops. One had a stylus and touch screen, and embroidered automatically without user assistance (I’m […]
Ben Heckendorn’s has been making amazing portable console systems (like the VCSp) for 7 years, check out post about this and the rest of his work – It was 7 years ago (ish) that I completed my first video game portable – the original VCSp. How do I know this? Well I had it sitting […]
Here’s a gigantic collection of 9800 free fonts, they seem to be pretty good and easy to search for stuff you might need. As always you get what you pay for, so (non)buyer beware – [via] Link.
Check out Steevie’s homemade 3 axis CNC machine @ the RC Groups for cutting out model airplanes – [via] Link.
Mark Danburg-Wyld sent a link to a site devoted to games developed entirely in Excel. Are you limited in what games your company’s IT/IS department will leave installed on your work machine? Well, it seems very unlikely they will take Excel away from you. And Excel, among other things, is an interesting development platform for […]
Brian Oberkirch has a great article about designing for “hackability” – the article tends to focus on software, but it’s equally applicable for (some) hardware too… In a world where anyone can create, mimic, remix Web components, the ideas that spread most easily and completely, win. Simple. You want attention? Make it simple for people […]
