Home

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.

Brad Litwin at HOPE

Brad Litwin at HOPE

There are some great presenters and exhibitors here at HOPE. Besides the usual suspects: Adafruit, EFF, Sparkle Labs, No Starch Press, there are a number of new faces. One of those is Brad Litwin, here with the folks from The Hacktory in Philadelphia, PA. We’ve covered Brad’s wonderful kinetic sculptures here before. In his basement […]

How-To: Elderflower Cordial

Instructables user writes: From mid-June to mid-July you can’t turn the corner in the area where I live without seeing an elder tree in flower. At this time of year the fist sized bunches of tiny white flowers make a great cordial which is really tasty with sparkling water, ice and a slice of lemon. […]

MAKE at The Next HOPE

MAKE at The Next HOPE

HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) is going on this weekend at the Hotel Pennsylvania in NYC, if you’re here, stop by and say hi at the MAKE table! Photos by Matt Mets. We’re neighbors with our friends Sparkle Labs, and nearby our Adafruit pals are also vending. Limor’s even modeling a police tape scarf!