Laser-etched coffee beans
John Edgar Park writes on his blog: I love coffee and I love laser cutters, so I was thrilled to read about this collision of the two on Tonx’s blog. jpixl.net
Year: 2008
DIY Halloween – See Saw Skeletons
Okay so this one is not scary or hardcore at all. It’s basically two skeletons on a see-saw that is powered by a simple to use and cheap wiper motor. Not scary but for those Halloween parties or kid friendly events it’s very whimsical.
Make on Twitter
Good overview @ FOLIO with some results of MAKE being on Twitter for Make support, doing special deals, Maker Faire scheduling and more… If you’re Twitter, add us!.. Likely useful for the folks out there thinking about putting their companies in the tweet-o-sphere.
HOW TO – Revamped IKEA Drawers
Chez Larsson revamped her boring IKEA drawers by applying a fresh coat of paint and decoupaging photos of her craft supplies to the front. Much better!
Printer Spying?
I can has subtle spying? Here’s an Instructable from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about tracking codes printers add to documents they print. Readers of Make learned about this back in volume 6; now, we’ve got a convenient video to send our friends: Here’s the link to learn more on EFF’s site.
Contest: Make Art From Starbucks Junk
Gareth @ MAKE writes: When I was working for Wired, we coined the term jitteratti (what the digerati become after too many cups of coffee). Caffeine and tech journalism (all journalism, for that matter) seem to go hand-in-hand. So it’s sort of fitting that Wired is doing a Starbucks art contest. The idea is to […]
What’s your definition of ‘open source hardware’?
An epic thread on “What’s your definition of ‘open source hardware’?”. It’s all new, no one knows – this is one the most fun and exciting times of a community. Just some background, Josh is behind the very cool Stribe project and we’ve posted about it before (and again right before Maker Faire since it […]