Dot from Dabbled has been conducting shrinky dink experiments and sharing her findings. She put up a shrinky dink instruction set at Instructables with lots of great tips like information on sealing your shrinky dink treasures. Related Shrink Your Trash Make your own “Shrinky Dinks” with #6 Plastic
Julie-bird came up with a super simple pattern for making kid’s shorts out of an old t-shirt. This seems like a great idea for a time when a child grows so fast.
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool After enjoying the Edison phonograph kit I acquired one of Gakken’s EX-150 electronics kit (aka – Denshi Blocks) quite cheaply on the ebays. On top of the neat-o pseudo military aesthetic the kit’s modular components are quite satisfying to arrange and click into place. This is the original version […]
Mapstraction is an abstracted Javascript mapping API that can make use of Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, Yahoo Maps and Mapquest. Instead of deciding on a particular mapping provider, you can build your web application with Mapstraction and easily switch to a different service by changing a single line of code. From the Mapstraction site: […]
An unbelievable find in the CRAFT Flickr Pool: Alicia made this cake featuring Tom Selleck’s likeness. I want a mustache piece!
Wow, here are some screenshots of “Exposure” a free/fee app for iPhone 2.0 — GPS and geotag enthusiasts will love it, you tap “near me” and see all the photos that were taken… you guessed it, near you. I’m a few blocks or so from the World Trade Center area at the moment… via Daring […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Austin electro-naut Eric Archer has taken to bending instruments from far across the pond. The Indian rhythmic sample loopers sold by the Radel company are often used as practice accompaniment by musicians but I imagine these heavily modified versions will likely perform more prominent roles. – Circuit Bent Tabla […]
