Month: January 2008

MakePhilly – Sunday, January 20th

MakePhilly – Sunday, January 20th

Josh writes in with the infoz for the next MakePhilly meeting – The next meeting of MakePhilly (http://www.makephilly.com) will feature guest speaker Don Miller (also known as NO CARRIER) who creates fast paced, colorful visuals for live music events and interactive art installations by hacking 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) consoles with custom programmed cartridges. […]

Poormaker’s test probes

Poormaker’s test probes

This poor bastard couldn’t even afford seven bucks for a cheesy pair of DMM test probes, so he replaced his missing red one with a homemade jobbie made from little more than a 6-penny nail, a pen barrel, and some heat shrink. Should we take up a collection? I probably have that much change in […]

Polly van der Glas Jewelry

Fiona Killackey at Cool Hunting writes: Plenty are on the “let’s recycle and reuse” bandwagon these days but few have looked at really reusing what we have quite like Melbourne-based jewelry designer Polly van der Glas. Sourcing her materials from friends and family who have been kind enough to offer (actual) parts of themselves, van […]