Holiday Project: Make a Scrap Fabric Ornament
Melissa has added scrap fabric ornament to the CRAFT flickr pool. The full tutorial is included and easy to make. Link.
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Old G5 Monitor is now a plush hamster pad
Posted in the new CRAFT forums – Bjornyeo of MacHam figured out how to reuse his old G5 monitor. He cleverly turned it into a modern den for his hamsters, Gucci and Prada. Link.
Grow Some Winter Bulbs
Sarah over at Pink of Perfection has a great project on growing bulbs, which she can watch grow over the cold winter days. Check out her post and how you can make these great looking bulb holders from old soup cans and fabric. Just beautiful! Link.
LEGO Mindstorms NXT and open source
In the MAKE open source gift guide we included the LEGO NXT, one of our readers (dwahler) was concerned that LEGO wasn’t actually releasing the firmware as open source as promised, so – I found out the scoop straight from the source (no pun intended). Soren Lund, head of NXT at LEGO Denmark sent me […]
Holiday Project: Make a Snowman Ornament from a Light Bulb
Now there’s no need to throw away your light bulb when they burn out. Why not transform them into a cute snowman ornament for your tree? Thanks Mark D! Link.
The making of a LEGO brick
BusinessWeek has a great slideshow and article on how LEGOs are made – “Compared to the high-tech toys of today, LEGO bricks look exceedingly simple. But their precise production process is nothing to scoff at. Each LEGO brick must have that perfect grasp — strong enough to hold onto another brick but easy enough for […]
Turn an RC car into a floor sweeper
MAKE Flirckr photo pool member Oskay writes – “What’s fun, cheap, good looking, and cleans a hardwood floor with an advanced search and navigation algorithm? An electrostatic dust mop attached to a radio-controlled car. Vroom! This combination has some things in common with a Roomba, but is arguably less expensive. It’s quick and fun to […]