Amazing Robot Fairisle Knitting
Elf518 on Etsy/Ravelry makes the most incredible robot/traditional fairisle knitting mashups! I love her color combos, and bow to her tenacity color work.
Month: November 2010
Neato Robotics XV-11 Tear-down
The latest in robotic vacuum cleaning is the XV-11 from Neato Robotics – and it features a scanning LIDAR laser range-finding module that is ripe for repurposing in other robots. Chris over at Sparkfun lovingly tore in to one and wrote up the results so far – the module has a simple serial port interface […]
Holiday Gift Guide: For the Kids
There seems to be a mini baby boom happening; instead of wedding season, there are now baby showers and birthday parties all year long! The good news is that there are cooler handmade and creative gifts for babies and kids around than ever before. Here are a few of the things that have caught my […]
Add graphics to your Kicad-designed PCB
Matthew Beckler of Wayne and Layne wrote in to share an image processing tool he wrote that helps expand the capabilities of open-source EDA suite Kicad. Looking to add some fancy graphics to the silkscreen on your next printed circuit board? If you’re using the totally awesome open source Kicad EDA suite, look no further! […]
Online dice collections
Shown above is a small sample of Justin Michell’s meticulously-documented dice collection over at Kevin Cook’s DiceCollector.com. Justin’s is one of six collections, besides Kevin’s own, hosted at the site, which makes for fascinating browsing. Most folks’ experience of dice is limited to the simple Platonic-solid dice, but of the first 20 integers, only 1-, 17- and 19-sided dice are not represented in Justin’s collection.
Disclosure: I got wind of Justin’s collection when he contacted me about putting my old design for an alphabet die up on Shapeways, which I did. His print in stainless steel is shown uppermost. I make two bucks for each one they print.
DIY Printable 2011 Owl Lover Calendar
Shivani of My Owl Barn lets you customize a printable 2011 Owl Lover Calendar featuring the work of 30 artists. This free calendar makes a great gift to a fellow crafter or fellow lover of all things cute. I mean, how much cuter can you get with these owls? Just choose the owl/artist you would […]
How-To: Acorn Napkin Rings
By Marie LeBaron We have buckets and buckets of acorns that are falling from my parent’s trees. So I’ve come up with a crafty way to use them up and make our Thanksgiving table pretty as well. These acorn napkin rings are the perfect way to spice up your table for fall.
