Trimpin in his studio, with his kinetic sculpture “SHHH.” Photo (c) by Susanna Howe/Corbis In response to my posting about Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, the sweet-looking documentary about engineer, inventor, and sound artist, Trimpin, the PR folks for the film emailed to let us know that it will be showing in San Francisco and […]
Maggie Makes has a great downloadable tutorial and template for creating these cute embroidered heart pins. Stitch one up just in time for your favorite Valentine.
Apparently I’m not the only one charmed by the simple elegance of the Geneva wheel movement (Wikipedia). Thingiverse users PrintTo3D and raumfahrtagentur have created printable and laser-cut-able versions, respectively, of the classic mechanism. PrintTo3D has also posted a YouTube video showing the final printing, assembly, and action of his model.
Just when it seemed all the Rick-rolling was done, there’s this fun “anatomy of an Asterisk rick roll” by Andy Goodwin. He writes – I was inspired by a friend (EFNet – steve nash aka oz) on IRC – he (or his friend(s)) had setup an incoming phone number that would just rickroll you.รย Nothing […]
Here’s a wee roundup of some crafty news I’ve been paying attention to (and so should you!) from the Mitten. From Motor City to Maker City In case you haven’t heard yet, Michigan is hosting its very first Maker Faire this summer (July 31- Aug. 1, to be exact) in Dearborn at the Henry Ford. […]
Bletchley Park, the historic site of secret British code breaking activities during WWII and the birthplace of the modern computer, is again in the news thanks to John Graham-Cumming‘s book The Geek Atlas. O’Reilly pledged to give 50p per copy of the book sold in the UK to the Bletchley Park Fund and we are […]
“A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.” I love to reward myself for little successes, and that especially goes for cleaning, organizing, and other household chores. My prejudice against keeping things neat is simple: I want to skip the cleaning up and move straight to the next fun thing. I think that many […]
