How-To: Laptop Sleeve From Thrifted Leather Jacket
Carly at Threadbanger shows how to use a thrifted leather jacket to create a sleek laptop sleeve that’s stylish and functional.
Year: 2010
Dale interviews Steven Levy on Hackers – 25th Anniversary Edition
Here’s a fun conversation from Foo Camp between Dale Dougherty and Steven Levy on the 25th anniversary edition of his ground-breaking book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. This is one of those books that changed the direction of my life. How about you?
Sugru’s iPhone bumper video taps the DIY aesthetic
This video is sneaky. It starts off just like a explicatory DIY video — they even call it a hack — but ends up revealing its commercial nature. What do you think, readers? Makes me want to buy Sugru. [Via Core77]
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Blossom Sonobe by Kalami, Mini Raptor Cufflinks by Giant Eye, Peg by skudfisher, and St. George flip doll by wilsonlaura.
You’ve Got a Friend in Skullmate
I adore this charming glazed earthenware sculpture/pincushion by designer Luke Twigger, called the Skullmate. [via Street Anatomy]
“God particle” signal is simulated as sound
Pop over to the BBC site and have a listen to what the Higgs Boson particle “might” sound like… It sounds like Science Fiction music, go figure :) Scientists have simulated the sounds set to be made by sub-atomic particles such as the Higgs boson when they are produced at the Large Hadron Collider. Their […]
Soda can solar heater
Dan’s soda can solar heater provides up to 120 degrees of temperature differential. Ever since I built my first soda can solar heater three years ago, I’ve received plenty of input on how to improve the design for better heat output. For that reason, I never hooked up the first one – in fact, I […]