Type art
Typographic art from artist Justin Quinn – [via] Link & more.
Month: September 2007
5V breadboard mini power supply
Here’s how to make a handy 5V breadboard mini power supply – Link.
LED “Swimmies”
What happens when you cross an LED Throwie with a Koi fish? You get LED Swimmies, a.k.a. Lightfish. Basically they’re just a Throwie sealed inside of a colored plastic fish. Artist Karl Klar did an installation of 500 of these Swimmies (which don’t actually move) in the pond outside of the new Ars Electronica Center […]
Run GTA2 on Linux
Rockstar released a few of their classic games as a free download, including the original Grand Theft Auto series. The games are distributed as Windows executables, but you can still enjoy a little top-view criminal activity in Linux by running them under WINE. Revive your Inner Carjacker: GTA2 on Linux – Link Rockstar Classics (download […]
Crafty Daisies: Embroidery Lesson #5
Crafty Daisies is back with Embroidery Lesson #5, the final lesson. In this post, you’ll learn how to make the following stitches: scroll stitch, feather stitch, and interlaced double running stitch. If you missed this weekly series, you can still check out and do the previous lessons as well as do any extra homework. Link.
Simple iPhone jack hack
The iPhone’s headphone jack in recessed so that most 3rd party headphones can’t plug into it. But the hardware beyond the recession is apparently standard. To get at it, you can carve away the plastic housing to make it fit. Here, John Sullivan has cut the jack on his Etymotic ER-6 phones. Etymotic ER-6 iPhone […]
September Sampler and Introducing The Sampler Select
September’s Sampler has arrived and look at all the cool goodies! I had to share with you my favorites of course! Here are my favorites, clockwise from left: Wabisabi Brooklyn decoupaged metal necklace – Link. Letterpressed greeting card sampler from Lizard Press – Link. Vinyl bird bag by Art School Dropout – Link. Bumblebee Needle […]
