Erling Ellingsen figured out how to retrieve high sample rate measurements from the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer: As it turns out, the iPhone has a built-in LIS302DL, a tiny 3-axis accelerometer. While some have attempted to use it from within the Safari browser (the Tilt game detects changes to the width of the browser page; it […]
I’m a big fan of Moleskine journals, both the full-size and the small cahiers. I usually end up writing in them in both directions, with one collection of content, say daily thoughts, ideas, artwork, and work-related miscellany, going from front to back and another type, say brainstorming for a book, going from back to to […]
Nikol of The Thrifty Knitter and author of Naughty Needles has a free knitting pattern available on her site to make this perfect summer to fall transition sweater, the Spring Forward Fall Back Raglan. Link.
While we’re on the subject of dastardly dangerous DIY, here’s a piece on how to turn a railroad spike into a rope dart, an ancient Chinese martial arts weapon. This video shows how a rope dart is used by a trained Kung Fu artist. Flailed around by someone who doesn’t know what s/he is doing […]
Owly shows you her special technique to make amigurmi hair in this amazing tutorial. [ via ] Link.
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories crack open a RFID PayPass and put it in a Hello Kitty dispenser (of course)… – The PayPass is an RFID version of the MasterCard credit card. It is often available as a keychain “fob,” like the one shown above. This particular one is from Citibank and is– as far as […]
Altered Cloth shows you how to sew up a quick and easy sash belt or scarf in this fashionable sewing tutorial. Link.
