How-To: Foil And Plastic Egg Mushrooms
Filth Wizardry shares her brilliant trick for whipping up a whole slew of cheery mushrooms using foil and plastic Easter eggs.
Month: March 2010
Old T-shirt makes great MAKE cozy
Andy Johnson writes in: I’m a guy that sews. No, I’m not afraid to say it, I think it is one of the best skills my Mother taught me, besides cooking. I sewed this magazine protector to keep my latest copy of MAKE looking newsstand fresh. I carry MAKE in my backpack, and I carry […]
Wine Bottles as Garden Markers
I love the look of this wine bottle garden edging. If only I had that much wine! [via Lifehacker]
Lego’s take on classic green army men
Lego’s licensing of Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story franchise has produced something surprisingly awesome in this mashup of two classic toys. $11 from the Lego shop. [via Geekologie]
Chip orientations explained
Figuring which way is ‘up’ for any one of the various IC packages may be second nature to circuit veterens, but getting acquainted with all possible indicators is definitely an important step for newcomers – and it can be a tad tricky at times. Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories posted a detailed photo guide on the […]
Adam Savage’s Blade Runner Blaster
Mythretirer Adam Savage has a post up this morning on that one Boingy blog about the latest in his lifelong series of personal replicas of Deckard’s handgun from Blade Runner. There’s more shots of the build as well as pictures of the original prop and two of Adam’s earlier replicas. The very first one uses the famous contoured handgrip from Italian toymaker Edison Giocattoli’s TG-105 ‘Super Thur’ ray gun, which also appeared in a prop from Joss Whedon’s Firefly.
How-To: R2D2 Felt Pin
My son happened to be sitting in my lap when I pulled up this R2D2 felt pin tutorial from our pal Bonnie over at StarWars.com on my computer. He went nuts. Guess who’s making one of these for her kid today?