Do you like to hold your sweetie’s hand, but your fingers go numb after just two blocks? Knit a Smitten for Valentine’s Day with Julie Weisenberger’s free pattern. For bonus holiday applicability, it looks like a heart when knit in red. Make two regular mittens to go with it, or just put your free hands […]
Jason Scott is an internet fixture, he’s been around forever and will likely outlast us all. He currently has the most followed cat on twitter and makes retro-tech documentaries.. He gave an excellent presentation at ROFLcon that reminded me of something that I hear from outsiders that look in to the world of makers… “you […]
Artist, Christoph Niemann, created a fantastic abstract homage to New York City out of simple, small LEGOs. This is one of just more than 20 different vignettes he created. The work is clever, humorous and poignant, which is a lot for plastic blocks to convey. From the pages of CRAFT 10: A World of Brick […]
I really like this Web designer sketch book via BBG. Paranaiv writes – I’m glad to announce that the Norwegian design store, Hunting Lodge, are now selling the Web Design sketchbook. Their online store is currently down, but if you send them an e-mail I’m sure they’ll help you out. I will also be selling […]
pmgeahan has posted Linux drivers for the USB Motion Detector from Make: 16: Thought others might be interested in this; I built the USB motion detector in MAKE 16. The driver program provided was for Windows and was used to make a presentation work. In my case, I’m a Linux guy, so I hacked together […]
HOW TO – Make a “Dot • Watch” by Dave at Pop Sci, nice! Trying to squeeze some new life out of the tried-and-true clock paradigm can be a frustrating design challenge. Likewise, creating a clock from the absolute minimal number of parts (e.g., no more than 6 components) can lead to some sleepless nights. […]
Nice article on Forbes with Tim (MAKE granddaddy) and Maker Faire mention…Where the real innovation happens via . So where’s the alpha-geek innovation happening today? I see it bubbling up in areas like manufacturing, open-source hardware, sensor networks and robotics. Yes, there are start-ups in these areas, but, more important, there’s an enthusiast boom. The […]
