Stacy Shlyer created a video tutorial and PDF instructions on The Sewing Republic on how to modify an oversized t-shirt to get it down to size. I have a collection of giant tees that this will be perfect for. Thanks Sarah.
I stopped by the 269 electronics shop for some PCB developer and was greeted by this elaborate device happily spinning away on the front counter. Seems the proprietor of said establishment is a longtime maker of audio devices and he’s certainly no stranger to unique enclosure design – this machine’s got pizazz to spare! Wish […]
Longing for a more collaborative play dynamic in music games, Kevin Lim and Shawna Hein came up with a new direction to take the genre – straight toward the land of jug band. Jug music has strong social and even humorous connotations – a perfect antidote to the solo button-racing so prevelant around the time […]
The MetaPostModernKnitting Sock Challenge is going on now through July 1st. From the challenge page: The goal: Design your choice of (or both): 1. A fashionable handknit sock for women (we have to limit this one to women… it’s not that challenging to make a fashionable sock for men). We aren’t going to define fashionable […]
DIY Maven on Curbly has a how-to and video on how to make these cute aromatherapy sweets. Perfect for a Mother’s Day gift!
Melissa Sue sends us her photo coverage from the recent International Quilt Festival in Chicago, April 11-13. The quilting pieces are amazing when you factor in all the piecing and stitching detail! Pictured above is a detail shot of the Grand Prize winner.
InexorableTash wrote an Apple II program in assembly that receives streaming video from a Windows PC over a 115kbps serial connection. Why? So his nautilus avatar could wander about in Second Life on hardware: For another fun example of new software on the Apple II, check out this video of a Wolfenstein-like game called “Escape […]
