DIY water purifier
Mark @ BoingBoing points us to this homemade water purifier build by a retired Russian engineer.
Month: November 2009
Handmade Music Austin #2 this Sunday
From the MAKE Flickr pool Looks like the Austin-area Handmade event series is going strong, not to be missed for those local – We’ll be building 4ms’ Autonomous Bassline Generator. The upper division class is filled but there should be some space in the beginner class. Even if there aren’t any seats available, there will […]
Billy Bass brain upgrade
Here’s a Design News Gadget Freak column on using an ARM-powered processor (the MBED ARM Cortex-M3 MCU Dev Board) to make a Billy Bass animatronic fish speak and move as you wish. [Caution: mild cursing in the video.] Gadget Freak Case #150: Hotrod Your Billy Bass
Hawaiian Baby Quilt
I have finally finished the Hawaiian baby quilt I’ve been working on. It’s been my back-burner project for, oh, almost four years! The baby it’s intended for is now almost three and not really a baby anymore, but hopefully he’ll like it anyway. While it has certainly been a lot of work (the central portion […]
Maya Marom’s cooking blog, Bezakalim
The other day I came across Maya Marom’s cooking blog, Bezakalim, and her photos are gorgeous. They capture those small, satisfying moments that, when added up, make cooking such a soothing activity: The vibrant purple stain left on a worn wooden chopping block after cutting a red onion, ripples of sweetened condensed milk being poured […]
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Toys for grown-ups
I’m old (never you mind the hard number). But I’m still a kid at heart and I love toys. And I’m not talking about motorcycles and cars and speed boats, aka “grown-up toys,” I’m talking model rockets, radio-controlled anything, little toy soldiers, and board games. TOYS! The cool thing about being an adult, and being […]
CRAFT Video: Klutz Capsters
Since it’s our special Super Crafty Kidz month, sponsored by Klutz, lets join Rachel Hobson and her kids as they make the Klutz Capsters! They’re fun bottle caps with pictures and charms inside. Rachel says this is a great project to have “in your back pocket” for when your kids say “Mom, I’m bored!” Everything […]
