Roland sent along this great DIY site for building Halloween settings “For Halloween 2004, we added a spooky crypt to our graveyard scene. This project requires a fair amount of work, but with a few helpers (at least one of which has some woodworking skills), you too can have a ghost haunt a crypt for your Halloween celebration.” Link.
Good tool for winter Make projects – The Icebox tool lets you build an igloo out of any type snow. I made 4 igloos last winter – all with different types of snow: one with heavy, wet, “packing” snow, two with new powder, and one with “sugar snow” – ice crystals that pour like white sugar. [via] Link.
Here’s another laptop to picture frame project – this one uses an iBook. The iBook screen was flipped around, a new color added and the whole thing uses a hockey puck to stand on its own. The power button was moved to a more accessible spot too. Link.
I’m not sure why I like this, perhaps it’s because I’d like to put text/code on edible things at all the conferences – then eat them. This company makes food embossing gear, I really like the pizza roller, you roll it along and it makes text in the dough, then you bake it. You could automate it, and put RSS feeds or stock prices on them, but that might be going too far. Link.
Ars technica has a handy guide on converting videos for your iPod video. The how-to covers encoding on a Mac using QuickTime pro, ffmpegX and handbrake. On the Windows side, QuickTime pro (again) as well as DVD decrypter/Nero and DVD Decrypter/meGUI. Thanks CK. Link.
The Design Trust for Public Space, in cooperation with Parsons The New School for Design, presents Designing the Taxi, an exhibition that builds on the momentum of the extraordinarily successful two-part workshop held last spring that investigated the future of the iconic New York City taxicab as it approaches its centennial in 2007. The exhibition of designs presenting future ideas for the taxi will be on view from November 3, 2005, through January 15, 2006, at the Parsons gallery at 2 West 13th Street. An opening reception will take place on Wednesday, November 2, 6-9 p.m., which will also celebrate the publication of the Designing the Taxi findings. Link.
Kimberly Chapman knitted DNA models have been a hit among her friends. Now, Kimberly shows you how you can make your own knitted DNA models just like hers. Perfect cuddy science gift for toddlers and kids. Scroll down to the bottom for the link.
