Swap-O-Rama-Rama in NY
If you are in the NY area this Sunday Feb 12th, you won’t want to miss the next Swap-O-Rama-Rama, a clothing swap with DIY how-to workshops, and on site sewing stations. The five hour event is finished off with a recycled fashion show. Come with a bag of unwanted clothing and just $10. You’ll be able to take home all the clothes you can carry as well as learn how to sew, embroider, knit, and make some new outfits! Link.

Great video from Coolhunting! “Nullsleep makes music on Gameboys. Exclusively. And it’s really good. He performed recently at Monkeytown in Brooklyn, NY and the m ss ng p eces was there to capture it for CH Video. His interview, and excerpts from his performance, comprise the first in our series ‘8-bit’ which is about making music on low-fi gadgets.” [
Shawn writes “Here’s how to modify Fisher-Price Pixelcam (Pixelvision) camera to output audio/video via RCA cables for direct hook-up to TV/VCR/DV camera, rather than have to use crappy tape-drive in camera with RF output. Good instructions. Only thing missing is a pict of where to connect power cables.”
Alspix’s how to on making a matchbox pinhole camera “My first couple of 35mm pinhole cameras attempted to be panoramic, wide angle jobbies but this time I thought it would be nice to get back to the classic square format. Here’s my latest contraption which uses 35mm film to provide square images of 24 x 24mm. Using this size means that you can get up to 50 exposures on a standard roll of 36 exposure film.” [
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It’s LED day today it seems – “Want to make a neat courier bag light? This light goes through the straps on a timbuk 2 bag and blinks in really cool patterns using a BS2. You’ll need: 16 x 470 ohm Resistors, 16 x LEDs 24 Pin IC Socket on/off switch, 9v Battery 9v Battery connector, 9 x Molex KK Connectors, 18″ 3/4″ Flat webbing, Breadboard, Wire… oh you’ll need some wire.”