Gregor writes – A group I’m in, the Columbus Society of Communication Professionals (CSCArts.org), just held a grown-up Pinewood Derby fundraiser for the American Red Cross. It’s like the thing the Cub Scouts do every year, ‘cept these cars are built by professional print, web, and environmental designers. And they’re *really* cool. ChiaCar, Typemobile, SushiCruiser […]
The NTFS file system has support for additional data, called Alternate Data Streams (ADS), to be attached to any file. Normally this is used by the operating system and file explorer to bind extra data to a file, such as the file’s access control information, searchable file meta-data like keywords, comments and revision history, and […]
The NTFS file system has support for additional data, called Alternate Data Streams (ADS), to be attached to any file. Normally this is used by the operating system and file explorer to bind extra data to a file, such as the file’s access control information, searchable file meta-data like keywords, comments and revision history, and […]
My friend Mikest just made a very fun project, a digital compass in a hat… Hat Development Platform, v1…External hatband has ultra bright RGB 1W LED mounted in center, regulated DC-DC boost convertor power supply, Adafruit Industries boarduino, and a rather generous prototyping area. The possibilities are nearly endless. LED changes color based on compass […]
This curtain was made from hundreds of old aluminum soda cans strung together with metal wires. We just wonder if the maker of this project actually drank all of this soda.
The Hexayurt Project looks great, tons of info and more on the site… The Hexayurt is a prize-winning shelter you can build yourself for about $200 (backup link). Suitable raw materials include common building materials ( fire safe insulation boards,) hexacomb cardboard and plastic. You cut six 4′ x 8′ panels in half diagonally to […]
James writes in – This pretty cool: a modular nixie driver kits that let you gang up a whole bunch of nixies in a row. The site has a really beautifully illustrated assembly guide too, A+ on the documentation. I’m thinking this would be perfect for a nixie clock or a giant, mile long display […]
