Infinite Variety Quilt Show
After reading several takes on the “Infinite Variety” quilt show this past week, I’m curious if any of our readers in NYC had a chance to attend the showing? More than 650 quilts – pretty impressive.
Month: March 2011
Congrats Jason Scott & Internet Archive!
In makers-we-like-to-celebrate-news… The Internet Archive just hired the best person in world for something that calls itself the Internet Archive. Congrats Jason, and congrats to all of us – quite a bit of computing history will not be lost. Jason Scott’s weblog of computer history, punditry and trivia, from the creator of the BBS Documentary, […]
Ribbed Sweater Vest Pattern
Whitney of The Purl Bee has posted a beautiful ribbed sweater vest knitting pattern. I love the versatile shape that feels more like a modern wrap.
Circuitry, Anatomy, and Repair Tips for Common CFL Lamps
I don’t know about you, but I’m so used to the paradigm established by old-style incandescent bulbs that when one of my CFL’s “blows out,” it doesn’t even occur to me that I might be able to repair it in the garage. Or at least, it didn’t until I saw this page from Pavel Ruzicka, which does a good job of explaining the general principles of operation of CFL lamps and gives great details about their most common failure modes. Apparently, replacing a single capacitor will often do the trick. [via Hack a Day]
Make Real Time Autostereograms Using a Kinect
Here’s a neat way to visualize 3d data from your Kinect: turn it into a live autostereogram! Kyle McDonald and Golan Levin put together this ofxAutostereogram project using Open Frameworks. Source code to the project is available at the link.
CRAFT Pattern: Sally Cardigan
Inspired by an Atomic-age children’s sweater and named after Mad Men’s Sally Draper, this playful fitted cardigan with retro styling is surprisingly simple to knit. The three-quarter length sleeves make it a perfect transition sweater for crisp spring or fall days, the angora-blend yarn softens the pattern and adds to the nostalgic feel, and the crocheted buttonholes add to the overall charm.
Codebox: Create Image Filters with Matrix Multiplication
This Codebox shows you how to create your own color filters using matrix multiplication.
