Rotta the Hutt Squeaky Pet Toy
Bonnie at StarWars.com shows you how to make a Rotta the Hutt Squeaky Pet toy by recycling your old clothes or socks.
Month: September 2008
Objective-J and Cappuccino released
Hackszine reader Math Campbell writes: As promised when they released their demo application 280 Slides, 280 North, the startup that invented a whole new language (Objective-J) to run their Cocoa-like Javascript framework, Cappuccino on, has released both Objective-J and Cappuccino as open-source under the LGPL. They’re also providing documentation, tutorials and forums to help you […]
“Open source hardware” – a news timeline
Someone asked me about statistics of growth for open source hardware, one of the things I suggested to look at was this google search with a news / mention timeline… pretty neat!
HOW TO – Quilted Patchwork Hot Pads
You can learn to make these attractive and useful quilted patchwork hot pads thanks to the tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew!
Make It! Shop It! Blog It!
Dawanda and Decor8 are teaming up for an event they’re calling Make It! Shop It! Blog It!, which happens in Berlin on September 20. Here’s the scoop from Holly: On September 20th we will hold a special workshop called “Make it! Shop it! Blog it!” for artists and designers to get together and mingle, learn […]
Skateboard Staircase
Collin @ MAKE points us to these steps made by folks running a skateboard deck-making school. From their site: This is a set of steps I made for our skateboard school. The aluminium beam is a solid billet of aluminium and the decks were custom made with concave only on one edge. You should see […]
Cube Corner Clock tells time from 3 sides
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Funnypolynomial shares his creative take on the LEDkit solderless clock project, using a clear cube enclosure for a multifaceted display – very cool idea! (Hmmm, wonder how this might work out on a sphere …) – Cube Corner Clock – 7:36 on Flickr LED Clock Kit -Red
