How-To: Cereal Box Storage Bins
Nancy at Mod Green Pod showcases this tutorial on how to make cereal box storage bins by Urban Nest using their Bloom organic cotton fabric.
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Tabletop pinball from scrap
Seamster put his collection of scrap wood to good use in the form of the above-seen DIY pinball machine, even reusing the ball from an old computer mouse – With some parental help, this can be a kid-friendly project. Building a solid table with a functioning paddle assembly requires some basic woodworking skills, and may […]
Midwest Experimental Electronics Showcase
Seems the Lizards Liquid Lounge in Chicago is the place to be this Saturday – The Midwest Experimental Electronics Showcase features a nice lineup including several sound makers we’ve mentioned here in the past – Tim Kaiser (as seen on Make: television) Talking Computron (of GetLoFi) Todd Michael Bailey (EE madman, creator of the WTPA […]
Dorkbot SF talks
Bruce Damer, The EvoGrid, Dorkbot-SF, 2009-04-08 from pronoiac on Vimeo. Here are a couple of talks from recent Dorkbot SF meetings. The first one is MAKE contributing author Dave Matthews, talking about “software as the new hardware.” His talk his entertaining and thought-provoking as always. The second talk is of Bruce Damer, speaking about meteors, […]
American Craft Council Conference and Scholarships
The annual American Craft Council’s conference, this year called “Creating a New Craft Culture,” is offering student scholarships to aid in attending the conference in Minneapolis, MN on October 15-17. Students must be nominated by a faculty member or administrator, and the deadline is June 1; it’s open to undergraduate and graduate students. More info […]
Re-Construct: Eco-Friendly Crafts Made Easy
When I was in Portland, Oregon last month, I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Garth Johnson of Extreme Craft. He gave me a copy of his new DVD, Re-Construct: Eco-Friendly Crafts Made Easy that features “11 original recycled home decor projects.” Garth stars with product designer, Jeanee Ledoux, who designed and […]
CCTV Birdhouse
Here’s a neat birdhouse made to look like a CCTV camera, via BoingBoing.