It’s hard to believe this iPod actually still works. Encased in a cube of resin, it weighs a ton and loses all of its portability, but can still be charged and remotely controlled since its dock is also in the cube. Just don’t try using the click wheel. Exploded iPod Still Works – Link [via]
Zakka Life shows you how to make an easy Kokeshi Doll Ornament made from a wooden clothes pin. Link.
Federated Media, the networked blog advertising agency and publisher (that reps makezine.com, boingboing.com, and streettech.com, among many others) has put together another one of their Holiday Gadget Guides (the first appeared last year). The Guide includes reviews of recommended gadgets and fine geekery from bloggers in the FM network, including three of your MAKE editors: […]
Kristin of Sew,Mama,Sew shows you how to make a rice heat therapy bag that works cold or hot. You can also reinterpret this tutorial to make soothing eye pillows. Seems like a great gift to make for the holidays and cold winter months. There’s also a downloadable PDF gift tag too! Link.
Tom Hoffman has posted some quick and easy instructions for running Sugar (“essentially a virtual XO”) on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. If you don’t have a giant screen, check out these instructions for tips on using a lower resolution (you’ll need to do something like vi `which sugar-emulator` to edit the startup script). This might hold […]
Lori of Camp Creek Press has a tutorial on how to make a CD envelope using a page from a vintage children’s music book. Link.
Blogger Manda posted photos from a Julia Arkell show. I am not familiar with Julie Arkell’s work, but it certainly looks interesting from the photos. Link. Related Julia Arkell – Paper Mache
