Sewing Tutorials at Burda Style
Burda Style has started a series of sewing tutorials for beginners. This week the tutorial is for threading a machine and a previous tutorial explained pattern layout. Link.
Year: 2007
Typewriter, not dead yet
Interesting story about the people who fix and use old typewriters, at MAKE we have been seeing a lot of art projects with them lately… – Paul Schweitzer is one of a dying breed. As owner of Gramercy Typewriter Co in New York City, he repairs machines that many consider obsolete. “The younger generation says, […]
Kite gang
Fantastic effort! – Kitegang is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, with roots in Minnesota, and aspirations in every orphanage and slum around the globe, where children find themselves lacking the tools to dream a little higher. Operationally, Kitegang aspires to increase economic development opportunities in the margins of the developing world, especially focusing on manufacturing kites […]
SketchUp book!
PC World has a review of a new SketchUp book, SketchUp is a free and popular 3D tool for designing objects, buildings and more… Phil writes – Remember when your high school English teacher explained that every word in the sentences you write needs to carry some meaning? While the rest of us missed that […]
Circuit bending challenge winners
GetLoFi writes – Well everyone is a Winner in this competition because we all got to do something fun and walk away with an instrument! However 3 particular participants demonstrated not only excellent circuit bending skills, but also great production and entertainment values. And our top picks are… Circuit bending challenge winners – Link.
HOW TO – Buy items confiscated at airports
You can get scissors and knives BY THE POUND for as low as $10 or even 25 cents! What a great gift this holiday season! Here’s a list of all the surplus property sales and auctions from state and local governments – this is where all the confiscated items from the airport end up – […]
Annotate the web with ShiftSpace
ShiftSpace is an open source platform that uses Greasemonkey to place an API layer over the web. When you have the plugin installed, ShiftSpace connects back to a central server to locate “shifts” that other users have left behind for the URL you are viewing. By pressing shift+space on your keyboard, you get a list […]