ABC Buttons
The Style Files points out these 9 hole buttons called ‘ABC buttons‘ that allow you to create letters as you sew on your buttons. Interesting idea and an idea you can try with your own button creations.
Month: April 2008
Nationals Opening Day Bag
I know what it is like to be a sports fan and want to use your crafty skills to support your team (Go Eagles!). Laura Lee sews something new every year for the Washington Nationals opening day. This year, inspired by projects she saw on Craft and Threadheads, Laura sewed a game bag out of […]
Kromatron MIDI-tar controller
The newer than new wave styled MIDI controller (these things are starting to look more and more abstract) – The Kromatron is a dynamic MIDI controller built specifically to interface with modern audio performance software such as Ableton Live. It has 4 knobs, 2 faders, a two-axis joystick, and 8 buttons. The device is 100% […]
Nice overview of the YouTube API
I caught this self-referential tutorial on YouTube today which walks you through the basics of the YouTube API. It appears to be quite simple to develop Javascript or Flash applications that can control or interact with the YouTube player, or even completely reskin the interface. What I didn’t know until recently was that the API […]
Made in Japan – Volume 10
This week in Made in Japan: Previews from the 4/20 MAKE: Tokyo Meeting: Musical printers, tennis ball bazookas, and a powder bead spectrum analyzer. Also: “Matryomin” MIDI Machine, “Denkuri-Kun” Electric Shock Click Track, The Driver’s Perspective RC Toy Car, Archive of the Golden Years of the Radio Cassette Player, Webcams Hacked for Infrared – Yokohama […]
DIY Music box kit
ThinkGeek has a super-cute DIY Music box kit via NOTCOT. Music boxes came to prominence in the 19th Century, but their history dates back a few hundred more years. You see, there was this bell ringing dude who got tired of all the hard work. So, he decided to engineer a device to make his […]
Cat playing a theremin (and non-feline theremin round up)
Nick found a sugary video of a cat playing a theremin… Yes, it’s from Japan. More: Make a Theremin – Weekend Project Podcast. Make a Theremin – Weekend Projects PDFcast. HOW TO – Make a Radio Shack optical Theremin. Theremin kits. Arduino theremin-like musical instrument. DIY RCA Theremin Replica. Optical theremin + soapdish. What is […]
