Hand crank music…
Wonderful looking (and I bet sounding) hand cranked musical instruments – There is a mount for a contact microphone (piezo) on the back of each one, so it can be amplified. Each has a hand-crank in the middle, and all but the Spring Board Hand Crank have a feather-spine that acts as a plectrum that rotates when the hand-crank is cranked. As the plectrum rotates, it plucks something that vibrates and is amplified. The “something” that vibrates is in some cases a rubber band, in some wires sticking up, in one it is a metal strip, and in another one is a heavy spring. Each has a handy handle too. Link.
Excellent photos and write up from Mr.Bill –The Southern Cross I is a Z80-based single board computer kit from DIY Electronics. I finished assembling it on September 18th, after about eight total hours of work spread over three days. I’ll be using it to learn Z80 assembly language, with Programming the Z80 and Z80 Assembly Language Programming as references. 
Video game inspired quilting on Flickr, in the same set as some other sewing projects, including a nice jacket with a pirate-looking skull on it. I think the Tetris one in my favorite. [
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