Recipe: Baked Brie Bites on a Stick
Needing an easy-to-eat and drool-worthy appetizer to bring to a holiday cocktail party this week? Look no further than these dreamy baked brie bites from Joy the Baker. The sticks make them especially festive!
Month: December 2011
Minidoc of Circuit Bender Jamie Laboz
This video was created by a group of college students from the University of Arizona (nicely done, guys!) and details circuit bender Jamie Laboz of Chamber of Sounds.
How-To: Hanukkah Star Lantern
When Hanukkah begins at sundown tonight, these wooden twig star candles from HGTV would be the perfect thing to light the path to your home for friends and family! Though the instructions are for hanging them outside, I think they would add a festive touch to just about anywhere that’s in need of a little […]
How-To: Gold And Silver Felt Coasters
The latest set of coasters from Molly at the Purl Bee are ridiculously easy to whip up, and make a perfect hostess gift to accompany a bottle of wine. What I really love is that they are stitched together so they can be folded up and presented, and then cut off as needed. Brilliant!
DIY iPhone Remote Automotive Ignition
You’ll someday look back and think of how quaint it was to start your car with a key. With this clever hack, Will O’Brien shows us his working prototype for a remote automotive ignition controlled by an iPhone, an Arduino, and SMS text messaging. Source code and schematics are available on his site.
DIY Contact Mic – Collin’s Lab
It’s amazing what a little disk can do … when it’s layered with piezoelectric crystals. Piezo disks are impressively sensitive to vibration and can easily be adapted to work as a contact microphones. The trick is the preamp – a basic circuit used to match the piezo’s signal to levels compatible with modern audio gear inputs. The resulting piezo/preamp combo can be used for electrifying an acoustic guitar or simply exploring the lesser-heard world of small sound around us.
Collapsable iPhone Camera Handle
Almost every time I attempt to shoot video with a handset I end up inadvertently covering up the microphone or lens, which can be a real drag when I go to view it later on. This has led me to develop a rather cumbersome grip that I use when I film something with my phone. This collapsable iPhone Camera Handle from Chris over at TheNewHobbiest seems like the perfect remedy for this situation
