The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Come out to central Denver to meet other makers, tour the Club Workshop public machine shop, discuss project ideas, learn and be inspired. I’ll also be giving a talk on some of my projects (electronics, machining, and carbon fiber), with lots of hands-on props to pass around. Link: Denver Maker’s Group Date: Tonight – Thursday, […]
Make a varmint detecting webcam that captures rascally rabbits in your backyard. Thanks go to Bob Goldstein for the original article in MAKE, Volume 17. To download The Animal Detector MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Animal Detector article in MAKE, Volume 17 “Animal Detector” and you can see that […]
Make a varmint detecting webcam that captures rascally rabbits in your backyard. Thanks go to Bob Goldstein for the original article in MAKE, Volume 17.View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Sean Ragan made this easy spinning top toy from a CD and a few screw-together lamp parts. He classed it up by customizing the CD with his Lightscribe drive which allows you to etch designs on the surface of CDRs.
Gen Con is the biggest gaming convention in the country, held in Indianapolis every year, mostly focusing on tabletop role-playing games, board games, and card games. I was impressed to hear that there’s a whole team of people in charge of so called “Spousal Activities,” or non-game related programs and classes for the whole family […]
Jimmie has this followup on his announcement for Maker Revolution in Boston this Saturday and Sunday: The event can pretty much be summed up as a two day extravaganza of makers, hackers, and artists getting together to share cool things they’ve made, and how to make them. There will be installation art pieces, workshops, and […]
I get a thrill out of foraging for free stuff, especially food, and I’m hoping to instill the same in my kids. I’m willing to do a bit of work for the “free” stuff, like fighting through the thorns to get to the plump, juicy blackberries, and in fact, that probably makes the treat taste […]
