HOW TO – Halloween Ribbon Wreath
Whip Up points us to this great tutorial on The Long Thread, which explains how to make this spooky ribbon wreath for Halloween. You could easily reinterpret the idea for any occassion.
Year: 2008
707 beat bending
Here’s a sweet example of a circuit-bent TR707 drum machine. Perhaps ‘modified’ is a more appropriate term as the added pitch controls seem more practical than exploratory. [via Matrixsynth]
Best of CRAFT
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: HOW TO – Paint Chip Notebook HOW TO – Giant Eyeball Costume Craft Projects from the San Diego Zoo Crocheted Record Pillows The Upcyclist Party Contest from Singer & CRAFT
Get Crafty at Maker Faire Austin – CRAFT Video Podcast
Maker Faire Austin is happening soon, the weekend of October 18-19 at the Travis County Expo Center in Austin, TX. Find out all about the crafty activities in store for you and your family in this week’s podcast. Download the MP4 Video or HD Version | Subscribe to CRAFT in iTunes
MacGyver episodes
You can watch (at least) 5 full episodes of MacGyver on YouTube now via Lifehacker. Update: Veoh has over 100 episodes! More: The MakeShift challenge invites MAKE readers to submit their solutions to a problem posed by the author, Lee D. Zlotoff (creator of MacGyver). Check out the past MakeShifts as well as the latest, […]
Dress with Electronic Flapping Butterflies
Alexander Reed made a dress with butterflies that flap to your heartbeat. He writes: The butterflies are attached with magnetic snaps, which also supplies power. These snaps are modular; a flapping, extending or even sound making module could be attached. As the butterflies are removable, the dress can be worn with no butterflies, one or […]
Speaking UNIX: !$#@*%
IBM developerWorks has an article that goes over many of the symbols you’ll encounter at a Unix/Linux/Mac OS X/Cygwin command line: You’ve learned a few of the basic commands to help you maneuver through a directory structure, create and modify files, see what processes are running, and maybe even administer users and the system. That’s […]