Matt is working on an open source Game Boy… Ok, so ever since middle school I’ve wanted to make one of these… but I only now have enough know-how and support to make it, … an Open Source game boy :) Actually, it’s a little smaller than a game boy, but it’s 1000% cooler (in […]
Polymer Clay Daily points out Christi Friesen’s steampunk-inspired polymer clay creatures. Apparently there will be a Clockwork Creature downloadable project available next month on her website.
Crafters keep previewing new cool dolls for Gallery Hanahou’s upcoming Luv-able Hug-able show. Pictured are new dolls from Kup Kup Land that will be making the trip to NY city for the show. Luv-able and Hug-able December 4 – January 7 Opening party: December 4, 6-9 pm Gallery Hanahou 611 Broadway, Suite 730 New York, […]
Little-Scale shares this tutorial for building your own ring modulation filter for guitar – cheap, but effective! This circuit is made up of two main functions – a square wave generator and a switching mechanism. By using the square wave generator to control whether an electronic pathway is open or closed (ie. whether electricity is […]
Rodger’s R/C ghost-bot might be the coolest thing I could imagine running into on Halloween night – I have re-used my electric-wheelchair hack technology and applied it my ever-morphing holiday bots. Today’s submission – Donna the Dead – “one mad bride that goes for a ride”. Using “low-tech” Home Depot pipe technology (tie-wrapped to her […]
One of my favorite things about Maker Faire is watching people make things. There are so many things to see and so many distractions – it’s really cool to slow down and watch folks really focusing on the thing they’re doing. Here’s a little round-up of makers, both kids and grownups, making masks, metal-working, playing […]
Gareth blogged about Sashimi Tabernacle Choir a while back; seeing it in Austin was wonderful! I don’t know what it says about me that, if I had the time, I could have watched this ridiculous thing for an hour, but it made me deliriously happy. My video doesn’t do it justice – if you ever […]
