Meego on Android hardware
MeeGo running on the Nexus One. As agreeable as Android can be, it’s nice to know that there’s a formidable alternative on the horizon.
Year: 2010
How-To: Plycycle!
Instructables user LongToe, inspired by design student John Hobson, borrowed tools and techniques from plywood kayak construction to make this beautiful laminated Baltic birch bicycle frame. Best of all, he shows us how.
Sick ‘n’ simple squirmin’ worms effect
OK, so this video from YouTuber beachj0 includes no explanation, but my belief is that there are one or more cylindrical magnets embedded in the plastic bait worms (possibly by casting them in place using the DIY bait molds commonly sold to fisherman), and several more magnets attached to a platter rotating beneath the table. A simple effect, but strikingly creepy. [via Propnomicon]
Tilt-Shift Van Gogh
Tilt-Shift Van Gogh via Waxy. The visually stunning field of tilt-shift photography became a fairly big thing in the Web a couple of years ago. It uses a special lens that gives a real-world scene the illusion of being a miniature model. You’ve probably seen examples by now, but if not then see the “Credits” […]
Maker Faire: Sunday at the CRAFT Booth and Around the Faire
It was more fun crafting today at World Maker Faire in NY! How adorable is Meg Allan Cole with her pink sewing machine? Meg showed crafters how to make a plush hedgehog. Brett Bara with her cute amigurumi robot she demoed. We’ll have the link to the pattern soon!
Tim O’Reilly rides the Jet Ponies
This ride, built by the dastardly danger-hackers at the Madagascar Institute, scares the daylights out of me. But some men are braver than I am. Like Tim O’Reilly (yes, that Tim O’Reilly) who didn’t seem too apprehensive about straddling a pulse jet welded to a glorified swing set. I don’t know about him, but my […]
Logan’s Run in Lego
I love AFOL Keith Goldman’s beautiful Logan’s Run diorama, replete with numerous scenes from the movie. (You can see Logan making his epic run with Jessica-6 at the top of the first pic.) [Via The Brothers Brick.]
