How-To: Pom Pom Light
Disney of Ruffles and Stuff shares how she created this fun wall lamp from a couple of dollar store microwave plate covers and items she had on hand.
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Brush furniture could become bristlebot
The scrub together table and lazy stool furniture pieces by designer Jason Taylor are pretty neat looking, but is anyone else thinking what I’m thinking? Thats right, they are just a motor away from becoming giant bristlebots!
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Gifts for dads
There’s a funny thing about dads’ toys. Very often, kids borrow dad’s supposedly grown-up toys and dad plays with toys designed for a much younger demographic. With that in mind, we present the Gifts for Dads list, filled with stuff that may appeal to more than one generation in your household.
Ham Hiking: North American SOTA Activity Day
Today is the first North American SOTA (Summits on the Air) Activity Day. Ham radio operators across North America will be hiking up mountain tops to activate summits by setting up portable radios to make contacts. You can join in and activate your own summit, visit here for more details. Or you can make contacts […]
Handmade Music Austin #2 this Sunday
From the MAKE Flickr pool Looks like the Austin-area Handmade event series is going strong, not to be missed for those local – We’ll be building 4ms’ Autonomous Bassline Generator. The upper division class is filled but there should be some space in the beginner class. Even if there aren’t any seats available, there will […]
Maya Marom’s cooking blog, Bezakalim
The other day I came across Maya Marom’s cooking blog, Bezakalim, and her photos are gorgeous. They capture those small, satisfying moments that, when added up, make cooking such a soothing activity: The vibrant purple stain left on a worn wooden chopping block after cutting a red onion, ripples of sweetened condensed milk being poured […]
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Toys for grown-ups
I’m old (never you mind the hard number). But I’m still a kid at heart and I love toys. And I’m not talking about motorcycles and cars and speed boats, aka “grown-up toys,” I’m talking model rockets, radio-controlled anything, little toy soldiers, and board games. TOYS! The cool thing about being an adult, and being […]