Project Enclosure Torture Tests
PopSci blogger Vin Marshall puts pelican cases, plastic project enclosures, and junction boxes to a series of torture tests.
Month: July 2011
How-To: English Muffins (Just Like Thomas’)
Remember those over-the-top Thomas’ English Muffin commercials from the 80s, where some gentle old English chap contentedly recounts his idyllic childhood running down the cobblestone street with a hoop and stick, getting switched at school, wearing knickers, and eating Thomas’ English Muffins (à la A Child’s Christmas in Wales)? Well, Paula at Dishing the Divine […]
Neon Boneyard
Gone are the glory days of elaborate, angled neon blazing in the desert. But thanks to The Neon Museum in downtown Las Vegas, visitors can experience some of Sin City’s retired retro glitz, up close and personal. The 2 acre Boneyard boasts over 150 donated and rescued signs, ranging in period from the late 1930s […]
Reader request: Mac-Friendly Version of Make’s Balloon Imaging Satellite Project
Jason Miller writes: I’m trying to get the ‘Helium Balloon Imaging Satellite‘ project working from Make Magazine (vol. 24). The project appears not to be very OS X friendly, however. Building the PICAXE controller required time on a Windows PC, and now it looks like I’m not going to be able to download pics from […]
Stitched Just Married Sign
For some reason I’ve seen a bunch of cars with “Just Married” scrawled on the windows driving around town recently. (Must be wedding season!) I like the idea of course, but the execution is lacking. So here’s a tip: if you or anyone you know is getting married this summer, make this stiched Just Married […]
Massive Zip Tie Sculpture
This amazing, illuminated life-size bear was constructed from 20,000 zip ties. It was created by the New York design firm Design Office Takebayashi Scroggin (aka d.o.t.s.).
Spaceboy Lego Print
I’ve always thought crafters were big fans of Legos. When Vickie Howell posted about this byAndreas print this morning, Hello Spaceboy, I knew it was meant for Lego-loving crafters.
