R/C Watermelon Boat
This R/C watermelon boat would work better rigged up as trimaran, seeing as it “met with an untimely death after tipping over.” But melon seaworthiness aside, this build would be fun on a warm summer day.
Month: December 2012
Follow-Up: Fancy Felt Soles
Time for a follow-up project!
Limor Fried Named Entrepreneur of the Year
Entrepreneur magazine has named Adafruit‘s founder and lead engineer, Limor “Ladyada” Fried, as the Entrepreneur of 2012. A tireless proponent of the open source movement, Limor started Adafruit in her dorm room at MIT in 2005. Today, Adafruit is housed in a 12,000-square-foot industrial space in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, sells 800 different […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2012: 10 Crafty Charitable Gifts
What are the holidays if not the time to give to to those less fortunate than ourselves. We all have our troubles but we all have some energy or time to give and this is the perfect time to do so. When buying or making gifts for those you love, why not support the businesses that make it possible to provide cool presents AND give to charity at the same time. Win, win if you ask me, especially if the gifts are as rad as the ones below.
DIY Felt Hand Puppets
I have been looking for fun DIY handmade gifts to make for my niece and nephew and these easy and cute felt animal puppets by Style Me Pretty are perfect!
Powder Coating in a Toaster Oven
Not that I do a lot of fabrication, but I didn’t even consider powder coating for a project, naively thinking that it wasn’t possible without a semi-pro shop. Thanks to John Saunders’ video, I know now what my next toy tool purchase is going to be.
How-To: Christmas Teddy Bear
It’s still not too late to make gifts for the holidays!
