San Diego area artist Richard Morrison and surfboard maker Gary Seavgraves devised this burly rocket fish surfboard from 72 beer cans, some foam, and copious amounts of fiberglass resin. Originally intended as sculpture, the board may well be the first fully functioning surfboard made from recycled beer cans. [via GeekyGadgets]
Phil Levchenko shot this tutorial showing how to turn an ATX power supply into a DPS. Small tutorial on Computer ATX Power Supplies. How to use them, how to connect them in series, in parallel. What is 12V rails? Is it possible to connect 12V rails together? ATX connector wiring explained. What is difference between […]
Today was my mom’s last day of teaching after 42 years. Since she’s been her school’s library lady for close to 30 years, the students took the old book jackets she saved from damaged books and turned them into quilt squares, decorative paper chains, pinwheels and even mini paper-folded books. Not a bad idea for […]
Wow, just wow. TheArtOfDoingStuff has just totally blown my mind. These pure white illuminated spheres are so gorgeous, and so easy. I need like, 50 of them all around my garden. Honestly, I am in awe.
[Video Link] MAKE reader George LIem shared this video of Stan Buddenbohm launching his glider for a record-breaking 1:52 minute flight. Learn more about glider enthusiasts at the National Free Flight Society website.
We have covered Alan’s Biocca’s fantastic clearinghouse site antennalaunchers.com before, and Brookfield, CT, resident Andrew Stoev’s basic launcher design appears to be a slightly up-gunned version of Alan’s CSV19 pneumatic antenna launcher. It’s a beautiful build, but my favorite feature is the quick-release mount he added for his Android device. Using a free app called GeoCam, his phone, when so mounted, becomes an augmented-reality aiming scope that provides GPS location, compass orientation, and (probably most usefully for this purpose) phone inclination data.
I love the gorgeous fabrics and even more gorgeous embroidered birds from the Birdseeker Project by Sami Teasdale of Teasemade. Her most recent blog post, on an incredible embroidered self-portrait made on a fabric-covered radiotherapy shell, explains her connection to birds through her time dealing with salivary gland cancer. The story adds even more depth […]
