CRAFTERNOON Winner
Congratulations to Kelly Huggins, who is the winner in our CRAFTERNOON book giveaway. Be sure to read the review and watch the book trailer if you haven’t already.
Year: 2008
Motion sensor hack
I know Halloween is over, but this hack can control a lot more than just a spooky prop in your yard. You can usually pick these motion-detecting lights up for a bargain at the local home goods store. Just be careful, this is a high voltage hack! Yard-light motion sensors are a cheap and easy […]
DIY: Pipe furniture
Who knew you could make such cool looking furniture out of gas pipes? OK, a lot of you knew, but this is a really nice example of plumbing based furniture. It looks like something that would cost thousands in a boutique. DIY: Pipe furniture
Craft Kit Sale in the Maker Shed
Enter code CRAFTER at checkout to save 10% on all craft kits in the Maker Shed! Perfect for early holiday shopping, you can save on Moxie’s monster kit, felt finger puppets, needlefelting kits and more. All month, 10% off, use code CRAFTER.
DS music apps
Remain Calm has a nice little roundup of homebrew music applications for use with Nintendo DS – ds music apps [via Matrixsynth]
HOW TO – Puff-Daddy Scarflet
Super Eggplant is sharing this pattern for the Puff Daddy scarflet – the pattern itself is fun to read, written by Kay Gardiner of Mason-Dixon Knitting. I think it would make a great cold-weather gift, for a basenji or a human.
Arduino synth dreams
Marc “Nostromo†Resibois wrote up a nice piece on Arduino for portable sound synthesis over @ CDM, referencing the Arduino Pocket Piano kit. My first hands-on with hardware was when I started fiddling with the Arduino piano. You might argue that once it’s built, it’s still software platform, but I really enjoy working on this […]
