The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
This is a remarkable YouTube video posted by 29-year old Japanese user kenjiishida011, showing a remote-controlled Transformer-type toy that can not only change from car to robot under its own power, but dance out of frame when it’s done.
For the past two and a half years, I’ve been helping to develop an open source video game called Alien Arena. I’d been playing the game for a long time before this. I’d noticed a few bugs that needed fixing, and features that needed adding. A nice thing about open source development is that you […]
Apparently there’s a retro vogue going on in the design world when it comes to appliance, lamp, and power cords. Shown here, a selection of colorful braided fabric cable looms available from Sweden’s FRINAB Fristad Industri Aktiebolag. Check out the free samples they’re mailing to interested parties.
Instead of throwing away waste vegetable oil, Lynne from Massachusetts converts the oil to fuel – and stands to win a MakerBot Replicator for her efforts! Read more for details on how you could win a new 3D printer.
Sjoejoe shows us how to add a little punch to a simple old bottle that would make a lovely spring vase. This is a great way to display the flowers you grew, made, or bought for mom this Mother’s Day in!
My friend Beth posted about this fantastic gluten-free orange polenta cake and I finally got around to making it. It’s delicious! I changed a few things in the recipe to make it lower in sugar, and we gobbled it up. I particularly love the idea of infusing the finished cake with the orange syrup. Yum. […]
Crafters know, almost better than anyone, how one of the best ways to go green with projects is repurposing an existing object, garment or accessory. It’s not just economical, it’s environmentally friendly, and it’s no surprise that crafters excel at upcrafting. This week’s book excerpt is a great example of repurposing and refashioning to maximize […]
