Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Zannestar’s vintage spool trees. What a fun decoration for the crafty folk in your life. Looks like they would be easily made with metallic pipecleaners and some thread spools–what could be simpler?
Seattle schools were closed today (snow!), so my son decided to make a project from No Starch Press’s new book, LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders. We really like this book – it consists of ten projects designed by the contributors to the NXT Step blog. The book is not for absolute beginners, but it’s not […]
I really enjoyed looking at this Steampunk monitor mod shape up, from concept to fabrication. The plumbing-based swing-arm mechanism is particularly awesome. Antipodean Steampunk Adventures via BrassGoggles
John Park @ MAKE writes: This worm farm is a wonderful reuse of an old bathtub. I especially like how the drain was plumbed for serving up that rich, fertilizing “worm tea”. My wife and I did some worm composting a few years ago in a much less attractive plastic bin. Next time we’ll build […]
Arduino is well suited for the task of sequencing an analog synth – even a sweet-sounding Buchla, as seen above. (Oh, and cats like it too!) [via Matrixsynth]
We’ve been following the CPSIA development, and it’s apparent the groundswell of protest is in full swing. Petitions are being signed by the thousands, letters are being sent to Congress, and small business owners are mobilizing to take action against what they believe are unreasonable demands being placed on them by a law that will […]
Show Me How: 500 Things You Should Know Derek Fagerstrom, Lauren Smith & the Show Me Team Collins Design, $24.95 I wanted to like this book more than I did. Don’t get me wrong, overall, it’s pretty darn cool. I’m a big fan of both creative information design and comics, and the two forms are […]
