Ocarina from soda can
Ranjit made a one-minute tutorial on turning a diet coke can into an ocarina – the “Diet Cocarina.” Doesn’t sound great, but hey, it’s a start!
Year: 2008
HOWTO get Microsoft to subsidize that netbook purchase you’ve been putting off
Things I learned today: Microsoft is encouraging people to use Live Search by running a generous rebate program. At times (such as this morning when I bought an MSI Wind), the rebate can reach 30% or higher. eBay sellers techtreasure and multiwavevideo are also known as Mwave.com, a reputable seller of computers, such as the […]
Upgrade your Arduino projects
Ladyada writes– Running out of space in your big Arduino project? Good news! Finally, after months of backorders, one can now buy the latest improvement to the ‘ATmega8′ line of chips: the ATmega328’s. The ‘328 has 32K of flash, and 2K of SRAM. Basically its got the capacity of an ATmega32 but in a slimmer […]
Get MAKE updates via Twitter – and MAKE Magazine print/digital/web support via Twitter! (and a special offer)….
Twitter is a neat service that a lot of folks use to get updates from their friends and to just stay in touch, all in 140 characters, via email, phone or the web. MAKE has a Twitter feed too, you get updates from MAKE by visiting (or “following” make) at Twitter. We are trying something […]
HOW TO – Giant Eyeball Costume
WOW! Craftster user Tero shares her tips for making this hilariously gross giant eyeball costume. After Halloween ended, she stitched it closed and turned it into a giant Halloween pillow. (Now someone needs to come up with a costume that looks like a giant bottle of Visine!)
Steam Powered – California Steampunk Convention
On Friday Oct 31 – Sunday Nov 2, 2008, Steam Powered – the California Steampunk Convention, will take place at the Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale, CA. Presenters and performers include Greg Broadmore, Senior Conceptual Designer at Weta Workshop, Jake von Slatt (Steampunk Workshop), Abney Park, the Brassworks Band, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (Steampunk Anthology), Studio […]
Build: Mechamo Crab & Halloween Hack
This week I built a Mechamo Crab by Gakken. I have wanted to make one of these kits for a long time, and I finally got my chance. I made a time lapse-video of the entire build, it took about 3 hours to complete, but now it’s just a bit over 5 minutes. I hope […]