HOW TO – illuminate arcade buttons
Arcade-style pushbutton switches are fairly roomy and easily drillable – perfect for adding LED enhancement – Make your own DIY Glowing Pushbutton Switches More: HOW TO – Make your own illuminated buttons
Month: July 2008
Creativity 350 Contest – Entries Now Open!
The entry period for the Creativity 350 contest has arrived! You’ve got a whole month to make your craft project and enter! Entries are due by August 15th. Then from August 16th – August 31st you’ll be able to see and vote on all the amazing entries. Visit the Creativity 350 site to find out […]
Improve Linux laptop performance with Ramlog
One of the most power-hungry components in a traditional laptop is its hard disk, and time between charges can be greatly improved by keeping the disk in sleep mode. On machines like the OLPC that have solid-state disks, keeping disk writes to a minimum improves the life of the drive, minimizing unwritable sectors. Depending on […]
Snowboard bench
This looks like a simple enough remake, spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool: a bench made from two snowboards. Might be great for your out-of-commission boards or for ones so artsy you can’t bear to take them out on the snow. More: Building your own Snowboard Skateboard art Laser-etched skateboards
Glowing night stand charging station
Dave Rocamora turned his old Ikea night table into a charging station for his gadgets, and made it an elegant lamp at the same time. He made a nice instructable about it, too, so with not much more than a router and utility knife, you can achieve the same look.
Onomatopoeia street art
Brooklyn artist D. Billy makes impermanent onomatopoeia interventions to his surroundings, helping to bring comic book joy to our surroundings. He writes: Using colorful media such as twisting balloons, party streamers, and artist tape, I have begun to add visual representations of sound effects to public spaces as a sort of dimensional graffiti. After embellishing […]
Shop Indie Goods at DEPART-ment in Chicago July 18-20
If you’re in Chicago area, head on over to DEPART-ment this friday and weekend, July 18/19/20 at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park. They will be on the tennis courts on the east side of the park where over 100 vendors will be selling their wares and you can enjoy live music at the […]
