The Life clock, by Bertrand Planes runs on a “clock mechanism slowed down 61320 times” so that each number represents years. – Link Marco writes in asking – “How does one make one of these?” Well, besides having highly reliable components – I’d imagine the clock hands could be animated by stepper motors which in […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool MrfixitRick finds a new use for his CD Tesla Turbine, this time generating light via water pressure – The Shake Flashlight Shaker is seen mounted on top of the Tesla CD Turbine, which is running on faucet water pressure. The CD magnetic coupling acts as a crankshaft with a copper […]
Carolineinkle’s blog features step-by-step instructions for making your own cute wet-felted slippers like these. These would be fun and easy to customize into a little cowboy version, no? Link.
We all remember the Homestar Runner/Strong Bad Teen Girl Squad cartoons, right? Well here they appear on some cupcakes – Link.
The crazy steampunk machine – [via] Link
RollTube – the rick roll firefox extension from fffffat labs on Vimeo. Fffff.at labs writes: RollTube is a Rick Roll Firefox Extension that switches every YouTube video with the infamous Rick Roll video. The experience has been described as “like the whole internet ganging up and rick rolling you at the same time”. We say: […]
Crafty Alien’s got some new Backyard Critter knitting/felting patterns in her volume 5 featuring this adorable set of cougar, turtle, and weasel. You can get just the pattern set for $6 or individual kits for $12 each. Link.
