Josh Housh of Sweet Maria’s Home Coffee Brewing demonstrates at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 how one can buy green coffee beans and roast them in a standard consumer model popcorn maker. This method not only employs the DIY ethic, but also saves money, as green coffee beans are less expensive than the store-bought, roasted […]
I love seeing crafty takes on the classic zoetrope. This knit hat pattern from Leah B. Thibault on Ravelry looks awesome. I wonder, though … do you have to spin yourself around so folks can see it in action? Thanks, Alli! Related: Sewn Zoetrope How-To: Coffee Can Zoetrope
The Steampunk-inspired barbershop group Brass Farthing crooned and serenaded attendees at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. In this video they tell the story of one rapscallion of a trombonist who steals the heart of a concert-goer’s wife. With their period clothing and brass aviator goggles, you can squint and almost imagine yourself within a Jules Verne novel.
I had no idea that soap could be felted, or that felted soap could be so beautiful! This felted soap tutorial from Mossy makes washing your hands look more like art, and the wool can even be repurposed and reused once the suds are gone. I’ll spare you the “good clean fun” jokes—for now.
This charming Knock Clock was made by three Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design students for a 48-hour design project. When you knock on the top of this minimalistic wooden box, it knocks back the time of day (to the nearest quarter hour). It even has a basic alarm function, which—naturally—is set by knocking as well. [via Adafruit]
John Clarke Mills has been updating us on the progress of his creation of a Victorian style library for the San Francisco Victorian home he’s been renovating. The library is done and it looks great.
In honor of Haley’s recent Tintin-inspired Cardboard Cat Rocket project, check out this Tintin rocket baby costume by Instructables user kapttain. [Instructions in English and Spanish.] It’s clearly for an immobile baby, as it is a costume bag. Good luck getting a crawling baby to stay put in that!
