HOW TO – Grow your own Loofah sponge
Groovygreen has a tutorial on how you can grow your own Loofah sponges. I had no idea this was actually a veggie you can grow. Looks like a fun, easy gardening project too. Link.
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HOW TO – Make a resistor man!
If you have some old junk parts and extra circuit boards laying around, make a resistor man, he makes a good gift and he resists everything but temptation! – Link.
Holiday Project: Soft Tree Pattern
Stephanie Barnes of little birds handmade has a cute soft trees pattern PDF, you can download from her site. I love the modern style of her tree designs. Link.
Fixing your own TV
Chris writes in with the MAKE inspired TV repair on his 47″ Panasonic HDTV (model: PT-47W53G) – “I think that if I hadn’t been reading Make magazine and the Make blog every day, I wouldn’t have attempted this. I have their t-shirt that says “If you can’t open it, you don’t own it”, so I […]
HOW TO – Use “Furoshiki” (cloth gift wrapping)
The Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan has a guide (PDF) on using cloth as opposed to paper for wrapping gifts to cut down on the wasted paper usually used in gift wrap, great idea – Link. Thanks Lil! Related: Stitch and hem gift bags – Link.
Photos from the virtual world exhibit
Lots of chatter about virtual worlds lately and what / if they’re good for, how they make money and what people are doing in them. My 3 interests in this space, at least for now… – Using virtual worlds to make 3D objects and then take the information out for a 3D printer – Link. […]
DSMIDIWiFi (free) – Turn your Nintendo DS into a Wireless Synth and controller
Peter writes – “Hey MAKE, very excited about this one. The creator of DSMIDI, the wired / hacked cartridge for MIDI cable connections… and the creator of NitroTracker (see my music app roundup for DS) … have teamed up to create a completely open source solution for sending MIDI wirelessly to and from the DS. […]