Make subscriber Eric S. points out this poignant short following the groundskeeping duties of a set of ‘helping hands’. (Glad to know I’m not the only one envisioning these things springing to life.) These familiar objects were brought to life by John Douglas Powers whose work includes a number of inspiring kinetic sculptures, such as […]
Most hackers can spend their whole careers creating amazing software without ever needing to write a compiler or design a programming language. Like many professions, a lot of useful work can be accomplished with the established tools, rather than focusing efforts on the invention and craft of the tools themselves. Most carpenters purchase their tools […]
Mark Murphy has posted a useful utility for capturing video from Android phones. It’s based on the DDMS debugging tool, and can capture 6 frames per second: DroidEx extends the live device screen capturing technology built into DDMS and hierarchyviewer. It gives you a window displaying a live 6 fps (frames per second) perspective of […]
Virtual Apple 2 – Online disk archive — Oregon Trail… a timeless classic..
I was at the Kindle 2 press conference today, here are some photos and a video (40 minutes). Some quick hits… 16 shades of gray (previous kindle was 4) new five way rocker live dictionary as you read “read to me” text to speech screen is 20% faster super tiny form factor, nice design, iphonelike […]
Maker Faire: Freaks, geeks and entrepreneurs Fortune Small Business article by Jessica Bruder… They came by the thousands: rocket builders and knitting enthusiasts, weavers and welders, blacksmiths and bicyclemakers. They brought flamethrowers, catapults and a two-story robot that spat Ping-Pong balls. They taught visitors how to make ice cream with liquid nitrogen and how to […]
CraftyNest turns salvaged drawers into modular storage. Just add fresh paint and some decorative paper! [via AT ReNest]
