DIY tractors in Poland
The Å»ak Gallery in Berlin has an exhibition up with an extensive collection of 1960s Polish homemade tractors (photos only, unfortunately). – [via] Link. Related: MAKE: Volume 11: Alt Vehicles – Link.
Year: 2008
KnitKnit on the radio!
I heard Sabrina Gschwandtner on the radio this morning, talking about her book KnitKnit and rebel knitters of the world. The segment is only a few minutes long, but fun to listen to if you missed her on her book tour! Link
R: open source statistical computing
I was digging around for an open source statistics package today and came across R, a GPLed statistics and and data analysis suite. Sweet! R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, …) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible. The S language is often […]
The Owl by David Ellis
David Ellis made this owl instrument, inspired by a player piano. – [via] Link.
HOW TO – Make a Keyhole Sweater Top
Craftster user SmarmyClothes turned an oversized and unflattering sweater into this fitted and saucy keyhole top. Visit the following link for more of her photos, explanations and links to tutorials on making this top and other cool items of clothing. Link.
Custom playing card boxes
Here’s a site with PDFs for making custom cardboard boxes for Poker-, Bridge-size and “big deck” playing card boxes. There’s also a link to an app for generating custom-size “tuck box” templates. I have some tarot decks that could use a new home. It’ll be fun to design custom art for them. Making Custom Card […]
