The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
BobbyMike writes – “Why buy your kids a cheap, soon to break toy when you can make them a great hardwood sword that will be durable, fun to play with, and even look good? This should not be considered the only way to make a nice wooden sword, but it definitely makes a nicer one […]
Today during the day there are 3 movies @ the Blip festival. We Are The Strange preview. This Spartan Life 8 Bit Tonight! Screening & performances – music and visuals. Super Mario Movie, noteNdo, Voltage Controlled, C-TRL LABS, The Depreciation Guild, Aonami, Covox, Bud Melvin, Nullsleep, Hally, Touchboy, Kplecraft. If you’re in NYC stop by! […]
MAKE contributer Cy Tymony discusses and demonstrates “Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things” on Saturday, December 9th at 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry’s “Big Idea” Science Store, 57th and Lake Shore Drive. The event is free to the public. – Link. Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things @ MAKE: Shaker […]
By Arwen O’Reilly I just landed in chilly Minneapolis but have been slowly warmed by the enthusiasm of the No Coast Crafters (they really are friendly out here in the midwest)! I happened to fly in on the same flight as Trish Hoskins’ sister, so I got a ride from the airport with her parents […]
MAKE is a sponsor of the Blip Festival 2006 NYC NOV 30 – DEC 3! So, stop by Friday (tonight) through Sunday. If you want to buy MAKE stuff super-cheap I have a table here! Tonight: Visuals: Voltage controlled, noteNdo – Musc: Rabato, Quarta330, Pepino, Mark DeNardo, Coova, Bit Shifter, Herbert Weixelbaum, Random. Bit Shifter […]
DGary – points to the updated LEGO NXT developer page – Software Developer Kit (SDK) Includes the NXT driver interface specification and necessary tools for creating third-party programming environments: Driver SDK Includes documentation for interfacing with the MINDSTORMS NXT driver on the PC or Mac. Executable File and Bytecode Reference Includes documentation for the executable […]
Amie Gillingham, director of EBSQ, pointed us to their most recent live demonstration on how to make a cigar box purse. Link.
