Pretty much the only stilettos I’d ever want to wear … Part of Finn Stone’s new collection, the LEG-GO Stilettos are new for Spring 2011, and will be made in an edition of 12. Via Dude Craft and Design Milk. Related: Interlocking Lego Rings
MAKE friend Dick Whitney wrote in to tell us about this sweet-looking trebuchet kit that’s looking for funding on Kickstarter. Started by Evan Murphy and Mike Woods, Seige Toys is hoping to round up enough supporters to open a workshop and produce the trebuchets in-house. It’s a very nice looking siege weapon, but I must […]
Janice Lipman came up with this delectable “Greeno Mojito” smoothie recipe combining avocado, lime, and mint (and a few other things) to create a thick green elixer.
This solar-powered two-transistor oscillator was created by TECH|DISOBEY|LAB, “an experimental art project that explores sounds and visuals through DIY electronics, circuit bending, and self-made instruments; utilizing electronic salvage and consumer debris as a platform for audio-video expedition.”
A few years ago, when I visited Diane of Crafty Pod in Portland, she and her mom Pam, of Gingerbread Snowflakes, and I spent an afternoon doing Temari. Temari is an ancient Japanese art of wrapping balls in intricate thread designs. Pam has taken Temari and applied it to the Easter egg, creating a really […]
I love Cory Doctorowโs droll description of this creation almost as much as I love the thing itself:
This handy gentleman has built an (arguably ill-conceived, but nevertheless impressive) rifle-cum-slingshot that fires machetes, should you find yourself with the need to fire machetes.
The handy gentleman in question is YouTuber Jรถrg Sprave, slingshot enthusiast par excellence. He blogs about it here. [via Boing Boing]
While most people would simply throw away an out-of-warranty iPod with a broken play/pause button, Craig gave his a new lease on life by attaching a custom-hacked dock connector. Inside the connector, he stuffed an ATtiny 13 microcontroller with a few other passive components. Now when he pushes the button on the connector, the ATtiny […]
