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Coolhunting points to two places you can buy a Rubik’s Sudoku – Link. I’ve been playing this on the Nintendo DS (Brain age) and I’m pretty addicted to it. From Wikipedia: What is Sudoku? Also known as Number Place, is a logic-based placement puzzle. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a numerical digit […]
Rick writes – “Boiling eggs that have been wrapped snugly in onion skins, produces beautifully patterned Easter eggs. I never really cared for the usual colourful Easter eggs most people make. They’re too gaudy for my taste. I don’t like the mess involved with making them and I don’t like using all that food colouring. […]
Popular Science’s How 2.0 shows you how to make art with a $30 electroplating pen – “You may not want to rechrome a ’57 Chevy, but you can coat small objects using kits designed for plating jewelry. This $30 plating pen (pmcsupply.com) uses electricity the same as the bumper factory does, just with a couple […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Jyoseph has a “DIY RingLight for the home depot goers. You’ll need to be comfortable with basic hand tools and will probably need to work with a power saw and drill, unless you find a sufficient work around which is quite possible. Be ready to spend about $30-$40 and an […]
Aleksi writes – “Plastic bags can be welded together with a soldering iron. The resulting seam is strong and water resistant. This is a very useful technique for making kites.” – Link. DIY:happy notes you could probably make prom dresses and wallets using this technique too.
Nick is on a roll, plier food chain! Link. Previous: Drill chuck food chain – Link. C clamp food chain – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member s_h_i_r_o_u_t_o picked up the new Sanyo Enelopp rechargeable batteries, they’re not sold in the USA (yet, I think) – but they seem to be the best eco-friendly rechargeable batteries, can be recharged 1,000 times and do not have a major “memory effect” – Link. Oh, s_h_i_r_o_u_t_o also made a homemade […]
