Legal pad + grid paper = Doane paper
Doane was in a product design meeting and noticed half the people were using legal pads and the other half grid paper, so combined the two – you can download this free paper and print it out here – [via] Link.
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Turn your computer keyboard into a music keyboard
This looks like a fun way to turn your computer into an instrument – “BackToBasics allows you to import sounds and assign them to the 47 alpha numeric keys on the standard computer keyboard so that they can be played in much the same way as a MIDI keyboard and sampler. Each of the 47 […]
Aerial photography rig from MAKE…
MAKE Flickr photo pool member dwstucke built a rig to take pictures from a kite – “Here’s a basic kite aerial photography rig built from plans in the premier issue of Make magazine by Charles Benton. Uses an Olympus D-150 digital camera or with slight adjustments a Kodak disposable camera. Yes, those are popsicle sticks […]
The Ball and Plate Doohickey
Here’s a LEGO based system that will always keep a ball on a table – Kenn writes – “This website describes my project to build a functioning ball and plate (B&P) system out of legos. While it’s not perfect, it does work and I can send the ball where ever I want without fear of […]
DIY Under $10 CD cases…
Omni96 has a simple and easy sub $10 CD case on Instructables. You’ll need some plastic CD pockets, velcro and a hot glue gun. Link.
Building a MAME (Retro arcade game cabinet)
MAKE Flickr photo pool member aTanguay writes – “This is the log of the construction of my ‘MAME’ Arcade cabinet in the late summer of 2005. Another in a long line of hair brained schemes and brutal wastes of time and resources. The main box came together very quickly, then all the little details ate […]
HOW TO – Manage digital images
Here’s a good article about managing your photos, it’s timely, a few Makers out there have emailed about managing their photos from their projects (before they put them in the MAKE Flickr photo pool!) – “The explosion of digital imaging has left professional and serious amateur photographers drowning in photographs, with little guidance on how […]