If you’ve ever thought that your BMX bike was lacking the requisite dj gear, you’re in luck. Designed for an ad by Japanese bicycle sharing service Cogoo, the Turntable Rider adds a handlebar-mounted crossfader, jog wheel controller on the rim, and various other sensors to trigger preprogrammed loops to accompany you as pull trick after trick. Sound too good to be true?
Electronotes is a newsletter on electronic music synthesis that was started in 1972 by Cornell EE professor Bernie Hutchins. It’s a great source for electronic music schematics and circuit ideas. Early contributors to the newsletter were people like Robert Moog and Don Buchla, and a lot of interesting modular synthesizers like the ASM2 are based […]
Steve Hoefer likes to wander the aisles of the hardware store in his spare time, always on the lookout for that something something that strikes his fancy. He may not need it for a current project, but it’s bound to come in handy sometime. When he spotted some curious PVC caps and plugs that fit […]
Glitter ‘n’ Glue’s Kristen Turner has another great shoe idea for us – her take on jeweled jellies. Taking her inspiration from a Dolce and Gabbana pair seen on the runway, these fun shoes are the just right amount of glitz for summer. More: DIY Shoe Bling @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Googly Eye Shoes @Craftzine.com blog
I held out as long as I could and now I am knee-deep in The Hunger games trilogy. I AM HOOKED! I am starving all of the time, feeling dirty and desperate, and feel torn between two men? What? The line is blurred between reality and fantasy and to blur it further I need to apply this Katniss braid to my hair as shown by …Love Maegan.
On this week’s Soapbox, Phil Torrone looks into the counterfeit Ardunio products and what you should look for in a knockoff (and why you should care).
I’m liking this sewing manifesto from Straight Stitch Society, a new line of patterns from children’s sewing pattern maker Oliver + S. Life is hard. Sewing is easy. When the going gets tough, the tough get sewing. Sewing is cheaper than therapy and easier on your waistline than chocolate. Don’t make it if it’s not […]
