Over the years, I have picked up a handful of crocheted potholders from the thrift store, and I’ve received some lovely handmade ones as well. What better way to showcase all the prettiness than in a rug? If you have a plethora of potholders, this is a nifty way to pay tribute to them all the while using up some of your creative juices in the process.
Noisebridge founder and TV-B-Gone inventor Mitch Altman was interviewed at CCC Camp. Just four years ago, Mitch and other American nerds traveled to CCC Camp via Hackers on a Plane and learned about Europe’s second-wave hackerspaces, and vowed to bring that energy back to the U.S. The resulting wave of hundreds of hackerspaces has swept […]
If you’re having friends over this weekend for dinner, a party, or simply to hang out, check out this easy pennant bunting tutorial from Chris at ManMadeDIY.
Kids and cheap RC cars is a bad mix. In reality kids cannot control these things. They end up slamming the car into things, and keep pressing “forward”, even when the poor vehicle is facing a wall. With the purpose of preparing you for some nifty programming tricks in the next episode of The Latest […]
Knit yourself a whole flock of tiny chickens with this pattern excerpt from Anna Hrachovec’s new book, Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi.
For me, one of the pleasant side-effects to circuit bending with mono-speaker toys is the ability to leave the original speaker embedded in the device, while still having the option to amplify the device when you’re ready to rock out on stage or for an art installation. This means I can always hear the toy when I want to, without needing a full PA or powered speaker setup.
I have seen a lot of steampunk rayguns come and go, over the years, but not any that I can remember liking as much as this set of matched-but-not-identical “dueling pistols” from Canadian artist Jeff de Boer.
