Month: March 2011

Travel Crafty Copenhagen

Copenhagen is a bicycler’s city, and a hub-and-spokes approach makes the most of limited time to explore the crafts scene in this design capital. With a few Danish coins, you can rent a bike from street stands. Or you can walk this route, taking in the street vibe as you discover other treasures and pleasures.

How-To: Documentation Camera Dolly

I’m continually blown away with Steve Hoefer’s work. Check out his documentation camera dolly (complete with instructions): I know a lot of people who make lots of stuff. They even take the time to share as much as they can about their process. But documenting everything is a pain. It takes time away from the […]

Engineer Guy vs The LCD Monitor

Engineer Guy vs The LCD Monitor

For a few years now, Iโ€™ve had this hare-brained idea to try to separate the layers of polarizing film from a scrap LCD panel and make a polariscope out of them. So whenever I come across a dead one I tear it apart and do some experimenting. Probably been into half a dozen by now. But Iโ€™ve probably learned as much, or more, about how they actually work by watching Bill Hammackโ€™s video this week. As always, this segment has something to offer novices, experts, and those, like myself, who know just enough to be dangerous. [Thanks, Bill!]