Storm drain graffiti
Sao Paul storm drain graffiti art… – [via] Link.
Month: September 2007
Install several versions of IE at once
If you’ve ever had to do any web testing, you’ve probably found that it’s a major pain trying to test out a site in multiple versions of IE, since new versions of IE tend to wipe out previous installs. I usually use a different virtual machine instance for different browsers and OSs I want to […]
Japanese face-shifter robots invade
And you thought that LittleDog video represented a leap-forward in robo-kind. The WD-2 (Waseda-Docomo face robot No.2) is a face-changing robot from the Takanishi Laboratory at Waseda University in Japan. Servo motors move armatures connected to contact points on a face mask made of Septon, a thermoplastic rubber. The face has 56 degrees of freedom […]
Maker Faire Austin: Swap-O-Rama-Rama’s Artist Open Call
Swap-O-Rama-Rama is happening again at Maker Faire Austin! Founder Wendy Tremayne is seeking a call for artists to help with the event. Here’s all the details from Wendy: Swap-O-Rama-Rama – Artist Open Call Saturday October 20th (11 to 5pm) Sunday October 21 (11 to 4pm) w/ a Fashion Show Saturday Eve Travis County Fairgrounds, Austin […]
“Insanely hot” DIY hot air soldering iron
I don’t know from hot air soldering, so I can’t judge the details of this homemade rig, but it’s certainly a thorough Instructable. Hot air work/SMD soldering is something I need to break down and learn. Maybe you too? SparkFun has a decent tutorial . INSANELY HOT DIY Hot Air Soldering iron @ 15 Volts […]
Strange Folk Indie Craft Fair this Saturday, Sept 22
This Saturday head on over to Community Park in O’Fallon, IL for the Strange Folk Indie Arts and Craft Festival! There will be 100 vendors with lots of activities and giveaways happening throughout the day. Free Strange Folk goody totes will be handed out to the first 150 attendees to present a vendor purchase. Plus […]
Time Out New York: Strum und Drang
The upcoming Creative Digital Music, MAKE & ETSY Handmade music night on 9/27 made the local magazine Time Out New York! – Bright lights, tricked-out machinery and more wires than a Hollywood bomb–that’s Handmade Music Night. The monthly show-and-tell-cum-social gathering attracts engineers, computer programmers and tinkerers who build synthesizers, drum machines and other instruments from […]
