CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Minipop Sampler Green Love Bear Old Drawers Make New Planters Crochet BLT Keep the great photos coming!
Month: September 2008
Meet the IXI (first iPod?) over 3.5 minutes of audio cica 1979
I think it’s a stretch to say this is how the iPod was invented, regardless – it’s very cool to see this sketch from 30 years ago… Here’s the article from Dailymail…“Apple admit Briton DID invent iPod, but he’s still not getting any money…” via CrunchGear. Apple has finally admitted that a British man who […]
Raspberry Bed Socks Pattern
I want to make these delicate looking knit raspberry bed socks by Slip Slit Knit. They look adorable and oh so comfy!
Write a Hadoop MapReduce job in any programming language
Hadoop is a Java-based distributed application and storage framework that’s designed to run on thousands of commodity machines. You can think of it as an open source approximation of Google’s search infrastructure. Yahoo!, in fact, runs many components of its search and ad products on Hadoop, and it’s not too surprising that they are a […]
HOW TO – Recycle Sweater Yarn
Kristin of Craft Leftovers shows you the steps for how to recycle an old sweater for yarn.
Homemade Bed
Phil @ MAKE points to Fabienne’s amazing and completely handmade bed. She has an excellent site up documenting the process from inspiration to the planning to lumber construction, even how she made a tufted headboard and upholstered the whole thing.
lightMate – huggable lamps
Wonder lamps – “lightMate” by artist Francesca Lanzavecchia… Can electric energy fill the void of human absence? LightMates are soft anthropomorphic pillows and warming lamps. This awfully attractive creature heats, lights and provides company. Their different sizes answer to everyone’s need of heat; a mate to hug or a huge companion you can lay on.
