Solar Cellphone
Modern solar and battery technologies will soon make it into our everyday gadgets. Until then, you’ll have to hack together something akin to Paulie1982’s solar powered cellphone. [via hackaday]
Month: June 2011
How-To: Make Your Own Gin, Without a Still
Who knew making homeade gin was as easy as infusing? Check out Jefferey Morgenthaler’s process over on MAKE. What a great base for summer gin and tonics! More: The Double Rainbow Cocktail Recipe: Mojito Float Best of CRAFT 2010: Cocktail Recipes
Bre Pettis on Colbert Report Tomorrow Night (Wed)
Bre Pettis, former MAKE video star and co-founder of MakerBot Industries, will be the Colbert Report tomorrow night, Wednesday, 6/8, at 11:30pm. Make it a deep geek night. Watch Make: Live and then see Bre on Colbert.
Colorblock Notecards
I used to associate tissue paper with “kindergarten” projects. Not anymore. There are so many wonderful ways to use the colorful and inexpensive material and achieve sophisticated results. This colorblock notecard project from A World of Color is a perfect example.
How-To: Vintage Spool Cork Board
I love scoring vintage wooden thread spools at thrift stores, but the thread on them is often too old and brittle to use for sewing. The Silly Pearl has a cute how-to for turning them into this handy cork board (and a few spool-based thumb tacks). The colors play off each other so nicely […]
Skill Builder: Office Cooking Hacks
I have a confession to make: I’m a picky eater. My everyday cooking is much more about healthy, simple foods that get the job done than the over-the-top, involved productions that one might imagine the author of a food science book would be concocting. Don’t get me wrong, I love whipping up a fun, multi-course meal with friends. But day-in, day-out, I’m much more likely to stick to simple, healthy meals that have a good nutritional profile.
Suzy Ultman for Robert Kaufman
I spent the weekend geeking out over all-things craft at the first-ever Midwest Craft Caucus in Columbus, Ohio. I’ll report back on the conference, but I just had to share one of my favorite goodies I received – tiny fabric samples from Suzy Ultman’s line for Robert Kaufman. Just a reminder that good things really […]
