Limor “Ladyada” Fried and I just finished up a extensive tutorial on hacking the Brother KH-930e knitting machine. We show you how to make your own cable for interfacing with the machine, then how to use it to put custom patterns on the machine without entering them by hand, as I had been doing previously […]
Carl Rosendahl programmed his own slitscan software using C++ and shot the above video on his Canon 7D. Carl has also built some cool hardware, check it out! [Thanks, Charlie]
Sometimes it’s the simplest things that can make the biggest differences in your wardrobe. If you find a pair of jeans that fit almost perfectly, with the exception of being just a smidge too short, it can ruin them. Suzannah of Adventures in Dressmaking shows you how to take those jeans and give them just […]
I love following Amelia of Vintage Vivant, not just because she’s a fellow Austinite, but because her gorgeous vintage outfits and beautiful pictures are highly inspiring. Check out her awesome outfit for Halloween night. As has been my tradition since moving to Texas, I painted myself up in Dia de los Muertos makeup. Last night, […]
Time-lapse creation of a magnetic sculpture. 2292 pieces including 20 stainless steel martini olive skewers. A little over 2 hours in under 2 minutes by flight404.
There’s a lot to like about this tutorial by Rain Noe over at Core77 about how to build upholstered benches called “banquettes,” not the least of which is Rain’s amusing and engaging prose style. His attention-grabbing opening line is one for the books. We don’t see a lot of DIY couch builds.
A robot army’s got to start somewhere, right? Not quite an army yet, but definitely in the minion category, Squirt, from cellbot hacker Michael Winter means business. Pesky vermin beware!
