Year: 2008

USB monkey

USB monkey

From the MAKE Flickr pool 0olong bring us this functional figurine – Stick his neck in your USB socket and he’ll unload his data at your whim. A pre-existing USB drive decorated with epoxy putty (a mix of Sylmasta A+B and SuperCarve) plus a couple of beads for eyes. Flash drives are so affordale now, […]

Linen Checkerboard

Rashida from I Heart Linen recently celebrated her 100th blog post, and she shared some great photos of this gorgeous linen-and-cotton quilted checkerboard game she made. The game pieces are made from fabric-covered buttons! Link. From the pages of CRAFT: CRAFT: 04 – “Checker Bag” by Tiffany Threadgould, pgs. 160-162. Digital Subscribers can read the […]

Custom Harmonica Mic

Custom Harmonica Mic

From the MAKE Flickr pool: Member Filmosity built this microphone to amplify a blues harp. He also made a minty amp to go with it – cool idea for portable playing. I made this harmonica mic from scrounged pieces of other items. I got a $20 dynamic mic from Radio Shack and used the element […]