The fine hackers at Cincinnati, OH hackerspace Hive 13 recently finished up their glass block display LED sign, which is mounted in an outside window at their space. I got to see a preview of the project when I visited last fall, and was impressed with their method for mounting lights on a frame made […]
We’re going to be dropping into maintenance mode for about 15-30 minutes, Saturday night at ~11:30pm PST. A new version of WordPress dropped a few days ago and we want to update, as well as take care of some legacy data that’s missing from our pre-2008 posts. We should be back up and running, and […]
The Arduino microcontroller has sure been getting a lot of lovin’ around here recently. First we released MAKE Volume 25, featuring tutorials and projects centered on this popular open source platform, then we did our first episode of our new streaming web show and tell, Make: Live, on Arduino, and then editor-at-large, Phillip Torrone launched […]
They’re every where, they’re cheap – they can be dangerously “fun”. Things to do with disposable cameras! Booby-trapped Magic 8 Ball, turn it over and FLASH! Here’s a simple, but powerful, coil gun made from the flash circuit of a disposable camera, a large cap, a coil of magnet wire and an ink pen shaft […]
I think I might try making flour tortillas this weekend, and this recipe on Homesick Texan looks good. Does anyone have any tips, or is it pretty easy?
Plarchie is an 8-meter squid knitted from plastic shopping bags.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day baking, Julie from Button, button… whips up this great tutorial on how to dye your own sugar. It’s a great alternative to expensive cake decorating supplies!
