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Touchscreen and computer vision interfaces are slowly starting to replace the traditional game controllers in next generation systems. Today’s Wiimote will be tomorrow’s joystick. Speaking of joysticks, the guys over at Retro Thing are producing some pretty cool classic Atari-style joysticks using clear plastic and a USB interface.
There are some great quotes in here: “I never learned anything. I have a 5th grade education.” “I made this submarine because I have a lot of creative ideas.” “I made this to appeal to someone who can back me up and give me a helping hand.” “I seldom use a ruler. Everything is based […]
Earlier this week I posted a Flashback to Eric Smilie’s sourdough bread tutorial that first appeared on the pages of CRAFT Volume 04. Visiting Eric’s site, Awesome Pickle, I found this great tutorial on how to make pickled herring. As a bonus, he included pictures and directions on the proper way to fillet fish. Thanks, […]
Here’s a video of a scratch-built “foamy” R/C model of a seaplane that can actually take off and land on water. “Foamies” is the name given to the class of model planes built out of the insulation foam that can be found at home/hardware stores. ModelAero also sells a kit version of this build. Polaris […]
I probably should have called this post Keep Calm and Curry On in light of our earlier one (see “Keep Calm and Carry Yarn“)! I absolutely love curry in all its forms (even if it is murder to get out of your clothes), but I never knew it was so varied and present in so […]
This is what I’m having for dinner tonight. I stayed up way too late last night working on a project for tomorrow, and overslept breakfast. To make up for it, I’m diving into hearty, creamy, comfort food wonderland. GingerBeat is a great vegetarian food blog, and while the recipe for the soup originally came from […]
Earlier this week, our friends over at BoingBoing pointed to this new variant of the Keep Calm and Carry On meme. It’s a no-brainer for the newly organized crafty space of you knitters, crocheters, and other yarn lovers. The BB post caused the item to quickly sell out, but there’s a poster now available in […]
