Ring Roundup
Phil @ MAKE just did an awesome ring roundup post this weekend, including these nut and bolt wedding rings. Link. Related: Coffee Cup Ring – Link. Handscape Rings – Link. Enchanted Forest Rings – Link.
Month: January 2008
Giant online parts catalog
Boing Boing Gadgets points us to this story in the NYTimes about a consumer electronics/appliance parts broker that also has a retail website: The Times profiles Partsearch, a company that acts as an inventory broker between manufacturers and repair technicians. “The items most frequently broken or lost, he said, include laptop batteries, projection television lamps, […]
Vintage Flower Loom Kits
I love Cathy of California‘s work because it looks like it’s straight out of a fabulous ’60s-era craft shop. She’s just created a new line of craft kits, which she puts together from vintage and “new old stock” materials. As she explains: If you read my blog you know that I am just nuts about […]
Ramen noodle sculptures
Artist Sang-Wook Lee builds Korean style structures… from thousands of packs of ramen noodles – Link (video).
Octopus Jeans Chair
This chair made out of four pairs of recycled jeans can be configured in many ways. It was designed by French Belgian product designers Atelier Blink, but I think a trip to the thrift store and a little sewing could yield a similar result. – [via] Link.
Making Things Talk @ ETech 2008
Making Things Talk author Tom Igoe will be presenting a workshop at ETech 2008 using one of the projects from the book: a networkable pong game controller: Making Things Talk, the new book by Tom Igoe, shows you how to build devices that can talk to each other (and to other devices) over a network. […]
Dorkbot DC/Make: DC meeting, Wednesday, Jan 16
This Wednesday (7 PM – 9 PM ET) is the January meeting of Dorkbot DC and the inaugural meeting of Make: DC, a new project building group inspired by MAKE magazine. We will likely be holding several joint Dorkbot DC and Make: DC events throughout the coming year. During this first joint meeting, we’ll be […]
