Socks are fun to knit because they are a small project that’s completely portable. So why don’t you knit yourself up a pair of awesome Space Invaders socks! Featured in the new Spring Knitty that’s now up! [ via ] Link.
Back in the day, Linux users ran a utility called hdparm to make sure that their disk drives were operating at the ideal speeds. These days, Linux distributions usually can figure out the best settings for a modern drive, so it’s not needed as much. Still, it’s a nice tool for probing your hard drive’s […]
This gorgeous chandelier is made out of GUMMY BEARS! Sorry for yellin’ but it’s just too cool to imagine! Artist Ya Ya Chou even says, “remains fresh even after two years after it’s made!” There’s more gummy bear art here to check out too. Link.
alex_weber‘s first Instructable is a cool one: an LED project that learns and replays sequences of light. Alex’s project is built around the Atmel ATtiny13v, an LED, and a Light Dependent Resistor-the whole thing is powered by a CR2032 battery. Link Related: TRIKLITS – Color changing LED light strings – Link Homemade LED shirt – […]
Every 1st of the month is NYC it’s futon graveyard on the streets – here’s a good project you can do instead of tossing them, make shelves. Gorillapoop writes – Turn an old futon into some sweet new shelves. Concept by Gabe Nathanson. He’s the original “suspension invention” inventor. This particular design/implementation by me. Ingredient […]
At Google Blogoscoped, Philipp Lenssen has a great Google Maps hack to overclock the resolution of Google Maps, bumping any location up to the resolution available in Google Earth, simply by tweaking the URL: Select a location and switch to satellite view Zoom in as far as you can, and click “link to this page” […]
Wow, a single sided AVR ISP programmer that fits in an Altoids tin, sweet, er, minty – My simple inexpensive Parallel ISP programmer has done the job since I started working with AVR’s, but it definitely has its problems. It doesn’t work with some computers, it is slow, it is unreliable and it requires a […]
