Dual exhaust flame thrower kit
I do not have a car, but if and when I get one again… dual exhaust flame kit… WANT. Related: Street-legal jet powered VW Beetle.
Month: May 2008
Los carpinteros – Grenade jewelry case
Porcelain writes – I saw a report on Cuban art on Frontline/World earlier this week. They mainly focused on the work of Los Carpinteros. I was so impressed with their wood work. My two favorite pieces they showed were the grenade-jewelry case and the hands with all the drawers.
Duff’s Device: loop unrolling for interpreted languages
In 1983, Tom Duff invented a really strange way to use the C language’s switch and case statements for the in code “unrolling” optimization of large loops. As an example, he described a simple loop that copies an array to an output register: send(to, from, count) register short *to, *from; register count; { do *to […]
Egg Press DIY Pillow Kits
Along the lines of the ClothKits screenprinted sewing patterns we posted about yesterday, Emmakat tips us off to these adorable screenprinted pillow-making kits by Egg Press!
Summer course registration @ The Steel Yard is open
The Steel Yard in Providence, RI wrote in to let us know that Summer 2008 course registration is open. They’ve got weekend welding, weekend blacksmithing, bike maintenance, and much more: Community Courses are open-enrollment courses that provide instruction and training in a range of industrial and fine arts through intensive short-term workshops and multi-session courses. […]
Extreme Craft Maker Faire round-up
Garth of Extreme Craft had the Zen Paintball booth at Maker Faire and was pleasantly surprised by the parents. The Zen Paintball booth was a smashing (splatting?) success. I should’ve seen it coming, but I didn’t anticipate that 80% of my paintball artists would be kids! THAT was a great surprise. Claire and I had […]
DIY Monster Kits by Donna Wilson
This just in from the newsdesk at Softies Central: plush artist extraordinaire Donna Wilson is now offering “Make Your Own Monster” kits!
