You’ve got an old bike packed into the garage or picked one up at a yard sale, fix it up! This weekend, the pdf is a comic book that teaches you how to convert a bike into a single speed. Get it and the video about automatically by subscribing in itunes. – Link Watch the […]
If you want to share an external drive between a Mac and a Windows machine, you typically format the drive with a FAT32 partition. One problem you’ll run into, however, is that you can run into a file size limit if you’re dealing with really large files. NTFS gets around this limitation, but unfortunately the […]
J_Hodgie writes – This Instructable will show you how to make a device that can float almost any object with a magnet in it. It is much like the floating globes you can buy, except it works by balancing the forces of permanent magnets with electromagnets, rather then simply using combinations of permanent magnets. This […]
Here’s an old timey kid chariot you can make – Link.
TECHKnitting has a great write up explaining the meaning behind knitting charts and how you can write up your own chart. Link. Amy O’Neill Houck of The Hook and I points us to a Java based Knitting Chart Maker by Jaquie. Pictured above is Amy’s Poncho chart. [ via ] Link.
Suzanne LaGasa of Dwell Magazine’s blog gives us a great round up of the craft art world and exhibits that are happening around the country. Pictured above is a shot from NY’s “Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting” which ends it’s run this Sunday at the Museum of Arts & Design. Link.
Aside from the standard pillows, it looks like needlepoint is definitely starting to become more hip. Case in point, this cool “Specs” needlepoint eyeglass case by Jonathan Adler. Of course you can make one yourself by uploading your text or design to knitpro. Then just get yourself some needlepoint yarn, and blank canvas, and you […]
