I’m not entirely down with the greasy desktop pizza box aesthetic, but here’s a really easy way to make an artificial turntable input for your favorite DJ software. All you need is a pizza box, a laser mouse, some tape and a couple minutes. A lot of DJ applications have a function that will let […]
Treehugger has put together a fun roundup of bikes with reel mowers bolted onto the fronts of them. Not sure how effective this is as a mower, or rideable as a bike — this might be more Chindogu than workable hack. Has anyone made and/or ridden one of these? The Cutting Edge: Bicycle Lawnmowing – […]
Etsy’s got a fun Halloween Costume Contest this month for the ultimate handmade costumes! Eighteen winners will win over $2,000 worth of goods and prizes. Here are the categories: Pet, Kid & Baby, T-Shirt Costume, Sci-Fi, Green, and General Awesomeness! I’m also happy to report I’m judging the Pet category so get those critters dressed […]
Daniel Vera, of Helsinki’s Association Experimental Electronics, has a cool Flickr set and a number of YouTube vids (linked from Flickr) of rusty n’ dusty components of pinball and slot machines being resuscitate and turned into clacking circuit-bent sequencers. Sequencer – Link
While in Chicago this past summer for BlogHer, Kristin of Craft Leftovers and I had a couple hours to explore a bit of crafty Chicago. She took me to Nina (1655 West Division St., Chicago 773-486-8996), a yarn store in Wicker Park that had the most beautiful modern interior design. The long rows of yarn […]
Jill King on 365Halloween shows us how to make cute pumpkins out of Fimo clay to make these pumpkin wire picture holders. Link.
When Sarah Lemarié’s Logitech Bluetooth headphones snapped in half, as they are apparently wont to do, she did what any self-respecting hardware hacker would do: she mashed them up with a pair of corded phones that she liked to create her own set of wireless Frankenphones. Project: Wired to wireless headphones – Link Related: Bluetooth […]
