At Maker Faire 2009 I had the pleasure of meeting Velma of COLORBOMB Creations. Velma is a colorful explosion of enthusiasm and fiber arts. She has a great etsy shop with amazing offerings, and yesterday on her blog VelmasWorld, she announced a new product, called SmorgasBombs. They will be launched at SOAR, the Spin-Off Autumn […]
Tomorrow, Friday the 23rd, at noon Pacific time, we will be giving away another prize bundle consisting of one Microchip Technology PIC10F Cap Touch Demo Board and one MCP1650 Multiple White LED Demo Board.
This time, the winner will be selected from among our Twitter followers. Send us an @reply containing the phrase “Microchip Technology giveaway theta” and your name will be in the hat, too.
The winner will be announced Friday afternoon through our Twitter feed. If you enter, please be sure to check your Twitter account promptly after the contest is over; DMs are the only way we have to contact you if you win!
Halloween T-Shirt Trick or Treat Bag By Future Craft Collective Halloween season is here! Time to break out the pumpkins, the masks, and the scary makeup, and get out there to do a little trick or treating. When I was a kid we used pillow cases for our candy collecting, which were good in size […]
On November 7th, Mister Jalopy’s personal 4000 square foot studio will be host to the first Machine Project benefit. Opportunities to steal art from a laser-protected, action movie-style set, wager on microscopic slime mold races, try your hand at gold panning to prospect for real gold nuggets…
For years I didn’t consider myself a crafter or even very creative. Sure, I always decorated the house for holidays, did crafty projects with my kids, made my own gingerbread houses and face masks, loved to try new recipes, and shunned store-bought costumes for what I think are way better homemade creations, but a crafter? […]
Switch bounce is one of those rare electronic effects that is actually a caused by a mechanical shortcoming The issue is in the way the switch works.
Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane came up with an awesome way to create silhouettes on her windows for Halloween. She’s combined a “sturdy yet gauzy” orange fabric and black felt cutouts to create these curtains that can work their magic both during the day and at night. Brilliant!
