Circuit Skills: Power Supply
The requisite starting point for anything electronic — you won’t get much blinking, buzzing, or processing done without a power supply!
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How-To: Car Battery Welding
Welding! Welding is a glorious, mystery-infused, thoroughly bad-ass way to stick things together. Welders move in their own cloud of mythos and danger- they are dirtier, tougher, and sexier than any other kind of maker, and the things they build are big and strong and hold our world together. This positive stereotype permeates at all levels of pop culture: if a character is introduced while welding, you immediately know that they will be some kind of blue-collar superhero, or some kind of cliched contradiction- the welder quoting Hegel after winning the bar fight, or the classic trope of seeing a welder at work, and then they flip off the helmet and OMG IT IS A GIRL! A GIRL WELDING!
Mini Folk Charm Necklace
I have several necklaces with my children’s and husband’s names, but I didn’t have one with their likenesses. So I spent an afternoon in the craft cave and created my own tiny family charms.
LED Party Scroller
Brian, aka Plasma2002 of San Francisco build this LED scroller that displays messages SMSed to a Google Voice number. I’ve always loved the idea of sending messages to the big screens you usually find at concerts and other large events. I figured it could be scaled down, while still being just as entertaining. It may […]
Stanford Offering Free School of Engineering Courses this Fall
Stanford School of Engineering is offering three classes this fall with open enrollment and free admission. The first is Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. It is taught by Peter Norvig, author of Artificial Intelligence, A Modern Approach, and Sebastian Thrun, Research Professor of Computer Science at Stanford.
How-To: Rolling Crate Footstool
I love the built-in storage in this DIY Rolling Crate Footstool tutorial from 129 Twig & Vine. What a neat way to give an old wooden crate a new life as a footstool or coffee table!
Welcome September, Welcome Fiber Arts!
Incredible Crochet Cthulhu Mask Hello Crafters! Here we are, already in September, with autumn right around the corner. And to get into the fall mood – the season when threads, needles, hooks and looms run overtime – our theme for the month is Fiber Arts. Some of our upcoming projects include making a colorwork tote […]