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Maker Camp on Google+ is in its final week! Whew―30 days and 30 projects! It’s almost time to break camp, fold up the virtual tents, and roll up the electronic sleeping bags. But not before the final awesome Field Trip Friday! (And like all the Maker Camp Field Trips, this one is going to be […]
During our Maker Camp game design day and our behind-the-scenes tour of Toys For Bob (makers of the Skylanders), we were surrounded by some incredible toy figures.
You don’t always have to spend a ton of time crafting to get a fabulous DIY look. Check out this simple polka dot pitcher from Kristy at The Diary of DavesWife to see how she added a custom dot design to her glassware! More: How-To: Polka Dot Flats @Craftzine.com blog How-To: DIY Polka Dot Tights […]
Join Toys for Bob’s Blake Maloof and I-Wei Huang tomorrow at Maker Camp on Google+. They’ll talk about game and character design and present “Monsters Ruined my Summer Camp,” a board game for campers to make and modify.
Ah, floppy drives! No need to stack them in landfills when you can hack them to make sweet, sweet music, like the Imperial March and Daft Punk’s “Derezzed”. The latest, another hot track from MrSolidSnake745, is taking me straight back to 1984. Check out his drives belt out the Ghostbusters theme song. (Thanks Trish!)
The Raspberry Pi Foundation US Hackspace Tour is coming! Liz writes – Rob Bishop is one of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s developers and a super-enthusiastic tech-evangelist type. He’s volunteered to go visit a number of hackspaces in the US in a sort of Regency Grand Tour style (only with aeroplanes and a backpack full of […]
If you’re ready to try your hand at quilting, but want something a little more useful than a decorative mini quilt, check out this quilted hexagon placemat tutorial that Sister Diane from CraftyPod shared on Spoonflower. I love how the giant hexagons give this traditional quilting method such a bold, fresh look! I haven’t tried […]
