Brad at MAKE: PDX writes: May ended up being a busier month than anticipated and ultimately disrupted our plans to hold contiguous monthly meetings. However, everything is back on track for an excellent meeting for the month of June! We have lined up a speaker from the active and inventive local electronics gurus, DorkbotPDX. They […]
BoingBoing video visited Maker Faire! In today’s edition of Boing Boing Video, Mark Frauenfelder and Boing Boing Gadgets editor Lisa Katayama profile three cool things found at the recent Bay Area Maker Faire: The Yudu personal screen printer, an interactive, collaborative, musical Tesla Coil, and a candy-fabbing device from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. More: CandyFab […]
Editor’s Note: Eugenia Bone’s new book, Well-Preserved, is a wonderful comprehensive introduction to home preservation, offering “recipes and techniques for putting up small batches of seasonal foods.” I truly enjoyed reading Eugenia’s well-written introduction, which gives a lovely (and sassy) look into how she came to adore preservation, and I wanted to share it with […]
Urban Threads is having their first birthday and in celebration they are having a Name da Bunny Contest for you to enter. Just send a proposed bunny name for their fuzzy crafty friend above and you could win a host of prizes including a $50 gift certificate. Deadline for entry is Tuesday, June 30th at […]
Anna the Red made this Google Chrome logo in bento box form, and she made a video of its creation. I knew bento boxes were complicated, but egads! Via New World Geek.
I grew up around newspapers (my dad was in the business) and I always loved the smell and feel of newsprint and ink. Jessica from How About Orange has a great tutorial for transforming bits of newspaper into adorable flowers to adorn just about anything. I think it could be fun to do this with […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Bryce & Naomi uploaded pics of this elegant homebuilt bicycle trailer, “The Edison” – perfect for those leisurely days you’d rather leave the motorcar at home – It’s made from 3/8 in birch luan on an Aluminum base frame. The wood frame was then fiberglassed to weather proof it. Copper […]
