The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
When my wife and I got married, we weren’t content to buy anything and leave it as-is. We made (or had made) every component of our wedding ceremony (from the invitations to the wedding outfits to the rings). For the cake topper, we bought standard ones and then stripped them, repainted them, and turned them […]
Lenore at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories writes: Our neighbors stopped by with buckets (yes, buckets) of excess plums. Not that you’ll necessarily be so lucky, but if you should happen to find a nice supply of plums, here’s something awesome you can make with them: Indian style plum chutney. Perfect for topping your samosas or […]
Don’t miss Seattle’s biggest indie craft show, Urban Craft Uprising, this weekend! The crew there really puts on a great fair with lovely vendors, swag bags, hourly crafty giveaways, and free craft demos every hour, both days. Urban Craft Uprising Summer Show July 10-11 11am-5pm Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
MIT student Robert Wang and professor Jovan Popovic have come up with a neat project, creatively titled real-time hand-tracking with a color glove, a gestural interface consisting of nothing but a webcam and a startlingly polychrome glove. According to the creators, an API will soon be released. Cool! [Via Core77]
June was the month where I became a verified “weekend warrior” making over my new apartment. During my training, I learned the importance of getting your paint mixed at the store. Whether it’s painting your living room or working on a craft project, here’s a quick way to mix a can of paint from my […]
Check out Instructables user lamoix’s indoor bike rack for his Portand bike-lover’s palace. Like most houses in Portland, we have a lot of bicycles, and we are always coming and going on them, often changing out bikes several times a day. Not satisfied with outdoor parking, or stacks of bicycles in the workshop, I decided […]
Peter Cocteau turned the brain of the Lego Mindstorms platform into very cool little drum machine – the NXT-606, featuring – -Monophonic sample based drum machine -24 percussion and Fx sounds -Sampling rate: 8Khz -memory: 96 measures -control: 2 rotation sensor +NXT buttons -hacked loud speaker to mono output: jack 6,35mm -Editor: NXT-G -Real time […]
