Make: Live ep11 preview
Don’t miss episode 11 of Make: Live, our Photo/Video show! Go to https://makezine.com/live to watch the show Wednesday, June 22nd at 9pm ET/6pm PT.
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Turn a Bowl Into a Garden Ornament
Here’s a great “turning lemons into lemonade” story from Stay.See.Make.Do. Stacie was sad to see her favorite Pyrex bowl break after many years of service. So she partially buried the remaining piece in her garden and added some animals. Eventually, the creeping sedum plants she planted nearby will surround this tiny world. How fun!
Sony Thinks Rube Goldberg Machine Will Help Sell New Tablet
Above is Sony’s teaser video for their giant-looking tablets. Sony, the company that sues makers, hackers and innovators (which are usually associated with actually building Rube Goldberg Machines) thinks a video like this will drive demand. I don’t think it will. This caught my eye for two reasons. 1) Sony wants to be clever and […]
How-To: Reading Tent
My kids absolutely love having any kind of tent, fort or tiny space to crawl into and play or read. This tutorial from Tatertos and Jello for building a PVC frame and draping it to create a perfect reading hideaway is something I’m going to have to make for them.
Ziploc Vacuum Bags for Sous Vide at Home
Seattle Food Geek Scott Heimendinger (author of the DIY Sous Vide article from MAKE 25) wrote up a nice comparison of the very inexpensive $4.20 Ziploc Vacuum System vs. the $150 FoodSaver for cooking sous vide. Spoiler alert: They compare favorably, Scott recommends Ziploc highly, and I’m going to be buying the Ziploc pump and […]
Nautical Lamp Revamp & Beachy Bathroom Decor
Summer in the city is upon us, making me covet days at the beach like it’s my job to do so. I love creating little escapes in my urban apartment and my bathroom is where I pretend I am sitting on a beach, grabbing a respite from the city heat. In today’s video, I take […]
Diamond Engraving Tool for Eggbot
Our friends Lenore and Windell created an attachment to engrave glass, stone, and ceramic with an Eggbot. The engraving tip itself is a small single-point industrial diamond, mounted on a thin steel shaft, in a fixture that holds it where the pen would normally be. That fixture consists of a 3/8-16 nylon thumb screw, drilled […]