Year: 2011

How-To: Spiderweb Kirigami

Ann of All Things Paper points us to this great tutorial from Marisa and Elias of Omiyage for making spiderweb kirigami. I love the bright colors of paper they’ve used for the webs. It would be a fun project to try with kids, and could be a fun way to decorate a Halloween party table. […]

Testing a DIY Triode

Testing a DIY Triode

Sébastien Bourdeauducq of /tmp/lab and the Milkymist project scored a DIY vacuum tube, and set about testing it out. I was curious to see how well the PWL triode performed. So I made a little test to measure cathode emission and amplification. The first step was to build a variable high voltage power supply, since […]

How-To: Boot Shaper Inserts

Now that boot season is in full swing, nobody wants to walk around in slouchy, misshapen footwear. With this very useful boot shaper insert tutorial from Lucinda at Sew Wrong, you can keep your boot collection in tip-top condition on the cheap. Without creases and cracks from toppling over in your closet, your favorite boots […]