Year: 2008

WaldFlöte: Pipe Organ, Upgraded

WaldFlöte: Pipe Organ, Upgraded

Dorkbot Edinburgh has done a crazy cool pipe organ project: The WaldFlöte project is basically a MIDI retrofit of a 1890’s era 16 foot pipe organ. It converts MIDI input into solenoid drive to directly press the keys on one of the manuals – there is no permanent modification to the organ. Members of Dorkbot […]

Doll Making Class in Brooklyn

Lena Corwin announced that she is teaching a doll making class with Sian Keegan in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The class will use Sian’s dinosaur, pug, or lion pattern. I saw Sian’s toys at the Renegade Craft Fair this summer and fell in love. The class sounds great. Related Pictures from Renegade Craft Fair Brooklyn 2008

Boxee (and Hulu) on your Apple TV

The folks behind Boxee, the open source social media center software (based on XMBC), recently announced support for Hulu, CBS and Comedy Central. If you’re the owner of an Apple TV, you’re now just a 1GB memory stick away from watching a lot of free high-def streaming content on your little video appliance. Boxee developer […]