Scrabble Cake
There’s nothing like a triple word score on your birthday! Check out the Scrabble cake at Victoria’s Cake Boutique.
Month: January 2010
Maker Faire Newcastle is March 13-14, 2010
We’re excited to announce that Maker Faire is coming back to Newcastle this year! Following the outstanding success of the first UK Maker Faire which was attended by over 7000 visitors, we are thrilled to announce Maker Faire 2010! Once again, Maker Faire will be heading to North East England as part of the Newcastle […]
How-To: Leather Travel Sketchbook Case
Brad of Against the Woodgrain shares how to make a leather travel sketchbook case that includes pockets for pens, pencils and an eraser, as well as a nice long strap to tie it all together. [via Will Bryant at Poppytalk]
Alt.CES: I just want ONE remote control
Some day our grandchildren will look at photos of remote controls and laugh uproariously at how tacky, inefficient and impractical they are/were. Seriously, why can’t anyone do remote controls right? Most remotes have dozens of buttons, most of which you never use. And you need several remotes just to do anything… one to turn on […]
Toolbox: Parts storage (excerpt from Make: Electronics)
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your […]
Look what Steve got for Christmas!
Rocket “maverick,” Steve Jurvetson. got this pine box and an electric screwdriver to open it for Christmas. “Gee, honey, I can’t imagine what you got me!” I like the bow on the lid. It’s a Q-size Loki motor (ah… or “engine,” if you prefer). To give you an idea of size, that’s an Atlas ICBM […]
Lifelike robots teach students about marine life
This playful killer whale (orca) is actually a robot. One of a series of over 100 different creatures, it was built by Masamichi Hayashi to teach children about marine biology.
