Have you noticed how old plastics yellow in the sun? Well, now there is an easy way to restore the original color! Retr0brite is an easy-to-make open-sourced gel that un-yellows the flame retardants found in ABS plastic. It started as a chance discovery that hydrogen peroxide partially helped banish the yellow… but then it was […]
Announcing our new bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. William “Bill” Gurstelle is an award-winning writer, licensed engineer, bestselling author and professional speaker (not to mention MAKE Magazine contributing editor and producer on Make: television). We like the guy, we like the way he thinks. We think you’ll like him too, which is why […]
On Saturday, I was on a panel at a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Mountain View. The program’s theme was “The Impact of Information Technology on Society” and I was on a panel on “Creative Arts and the Democratization of Craft”. The chair of the panel was Pat Hanrahan, Professor […]
Back in November, Lucy of Attic24 posted a quick tutorial for creating these simple, fun jar jackets as a way to dress up spare jars to be used as flower vases. Tamara of 1/4 of an inch was inspired by the post and modified the instructions to create a jacket to spruce up a boring […]
Jake von Slatt, of Steampunk Workshop, says: Got an email this morning that made my frikk’n day: Jake, If you’re the gentleman that posted an article regarding removal and repair of a charcoal canister and stuff – thank you. The article inspired me to keep trying to do my own repair here in Southern CA. […]
I first made this dressing out of necessity when we had forgotten to buy some to go with our chicken wings on super bowl Sunday. I always thought it would be hard to make my own ranch, especially judging by the long list of ingredients on the bottle. It turns out it’s not that hard, […]
I love stuffed grape leaves but have never tried to make them myself (confession: I usually buy them tinned at Trader Joe’s). Molly Watson’s stuffed grape leaf recipe makes it look pretty doable! Via sfgirlbybay‘s Friday Food Files.
