We hope you’ve been enjoying our lineup of gift guides so far this year, and there’s much more to come! I wanted to let you know that we’re writing lots of gift guides on CRAFT, too! Check out Crafty Tools, For the Foodie, Gifts You Can Make, and more each day up until the middle […]
Several weeks ago, I had a spectacularly bad accident on my bike. There was a dog, a leash and a human. The leash acted kind of like a finish line ribbon, but without the breakaway segment they use in the marathons. I landed on my (helmeted) head. Hard. A few hours later I came to in the ER of the local hospital blabbering to my wife, asking the same questions over and over (and over). They ‘offered’ to let me stay there a while, so I spent the night.
For a long time, I have consistently worn a helmet on every bike ride. It always puzzles me to see adults and kids riding with out proper head protection. I also often see teens with skateboard helmets riding with the straps undone, as if having the protective gear perched on their head is enough to keep it there. Why not clip the straps? If I hadn’t had a helmet on and properly secured to my noggin, I’d still be on the hospital feeding program, if I even survived the crash.
As I was floating in the ER I got a vision: A brain with little toy objects suspended in it like ideas in a mind. Around the objects are blinking lights acting as synapses. As I recuperated in the days after my misadventure, the image continued to return for further refinement. One of the first things I did on return from the hospital was to order a gelatin mold in the shape of a brain.
Apple just released some more info on their “LP” and “Extras” format. This is one to watch. I really think the LP and “Extra” format is perfect for learning applications, and best of all it could be delivered via iTunes. MAKE is one of the few (if not only) publications that has a weekly video […]
Until they make Black Friday a goth holiday, where you dress all in black, sit around listening to Bauhaus and Bella Morte, and stare at the floor, Black Friday will scare me. Yes, the running of the shoppers scares me MORE than goth. As we’ve pointed out before, this holiday season provides an excellent opportunity […]
I branded myself, about 8 years ago, with a cookie cutter and a blowtorch. The first time my dad saw it, he asked if someone had held me down and mutilated me in some kind of gangland reprisal. Dad thinks my life is a lot more exciting than it actually is.
Anyhoo, Cory just boinged this link to the Shapeways blog, wherein is described a nifty little 3D-printed metal branding iron they’ve developed, which clicks onto a standard disposable butane lighter and is fully customizable with your own logo/gang sign/frat house letters. Click the iron in place, flick the Bic for 30 seconds, and you’re ready to burn some skin!
If you don’t enjoy the smell of your own curdled flesh, this could be a great tool for hallmarking those little handmade wooden widgets you sell on Etsy, or whatever.
[via Boing Boing]
Although it can’t be a terribly accurate way to make polycube puzzle pieces, I must admit I am charmed by Qiao Chang’s origami soma cube blocks. [via Neatorama]
We blogged about one of Steve’s cameras back in 2007. Looks like he’s completed at least one more since then, and there’s a group of four presented on his website. Really beautiful work.
