Musician Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Talking Heads, Zappa, NIN, Bowie, Paul Simon, the list goes on and on) has posted a contest on his site to “finish” one of the songs downloadable from his website: If Fall gets your creative firepit stoked like it does mine, you’re ready for our SMARTIE songwriting contest. here’s the […]
Pyro graffiti action! – Link
Etsy user Hine has created a clever hand-stitched camera case that looks like, well, a camera! Fun. Link.
The Best of MAKE is now shipping and we have our first review up on Amazon, Curt writes – I have to let you in on a secret – I’m a secret Make fan. Make is a newish, magazine published by O’Reilly Press with an oddly punctuated title. It is good, clean, geeky fun! Each […]
Vik Prjónsdóttir, an Icelandic design group, makes interesting fiber products from Icelandic wool, including these Beard Caps: The beard caps refer to a traditional cap called “lambshed-hood” which was used in Iceland by farmers who in heavy snowstorms had to walk long distances between their sheds and to the neigboring farms. The cap covered both […]
From the Japanese anime series S.A.C. (Stand Alone Complex), a Tachikoma Mark 2 robot comes to life. It looks like a four-legged toilet and cackles away like an over-caffeinated schoolkid. According to Boing Boing Gadgets, Audiocubes is going to be importing it to the US first-quarter ’08 and it’ll sell for $199. SAC (Stand Alone […]
Flickr user Merwing says: “So I was tired of spending way too much for those disposable Swiffer dusters and made some washable ones out of fleece. They are quick and easy, and work great. I highly recommend making your own.” Smart and green! Link.
