Our friend James Powderly is missing in China after displaying a LED throwie “free tibet” sign… Boingboing is running down this story… An update on the pro-Tibet tech-art protests happening in Beijing: Students for a Free Tibet tells Boing Boing that a group of five pro-Tibet activists displayed an LED Throwie Banner near the Olympics […]
This Mama Makes Stuff shows us how to turn any old t-shirt into a snuggly newborn gown. (Thanks, Kathi!)
Justin Sabe point us to this item on Music Thing, a Pantograph-like jig for making copies of guitar bodies (and other objects). eBay of the day: Guitar photocopier More: Happy President’s day from MAKE – a look at a President who made things – Thomas Jefferson
Congrats Eric! When Eric Wilhelm finished his PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT, he and three friends started Squid Labs, a consultancy based in Emeryville, CA, that finds fixes for clients’ technical problems (how to make solar-collecting concrete, for example). But Squid Labs was also founded as a place where the colleagues could explore their […]
Cathy of California forwards this pic of a lovely bride carrying an offbeat wedding bouquet made up entirely of handmade flowers created using vintage ribbon straw and one of Cathy’s vintage flower loom kits! The bouquet was created by talented jewelry designer Shana Astrachan.
This tutorial is meant for computer cases, but could be applied to lots of things. Learn to get a mirror finish from the mnpctech website. Via Core77.
Anyone know more about this? via /. German police have confiscated what may be the world’s fastest office chair. Police say officers happened on the contraption – the work of two inventive 17-year-olds – in the western town of Gross-Zimmern on Saturday. The pair had added a lawnmower engine, bicycle brakes and a metal frame […]
