The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
If you want to fly your R/C plane at night, you are going to need lights. Lots of lights! This is a really simple and inexpensive way to add a lot of light to your R/C plane. Now all you have to do is wait for the sun to go down and try it out. […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Funnypolynomial used a discarded laptop to create this excellent remake – I rescued an old Thinkpad ages ago and began a project to install it in a picture frame. The original idea was to have it running things like Conway’s Life and the Mandelbrot set. But then I saw […]
Rob sent us a link to his website where he has a nice DIY front mounted bicycle rack. Apparently he isn’t able to mount a traditional rack on his bike, so he modified one to work on the front. [Thanks Rob] More about making a DIY Front Wheel Bike Rack
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Patrick writes – A lamp I designed and built out of various pipe materials I got from Home Depot. It has a water valve style dimmer switch. Video of the dimmer system coming soon! Well done! This could add an inviting yet appropriately industrial look to a workbench setup. […]
You can now change the subject in the Free Rice game – you can identify art, learn languages, be quizzed on the multiplication table, and identify chemical symbols.
A photo of Lake Nasworthy (via) To plunge weekend-first right into permaculture, you might check out the Austin Bioregional Campout this weekend: A joyful and stimulating experience awaits you at the Bioregional Campout, September 19-21, on the shores of Lake Nasworthy in San Angelo. Lake Nasworthy is located at the headwaters of the longest tributary […]
Austin Dorkbot friends at Bleep labs are having a soiree Saturday: And, check out Bleep Labs’ Thingamagoop / Thingamakit here.
