Cylon toilet paper dispenser
From Etsy seller Supertrone. Welded steel with classic scanning LED bar.
Computers & Mobile
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Moveable Kitchen
Judging from the fleets of gas grills parked outside almost every big box home improvement store for the last five or six years one could assume that there’s been a bit of an uptick in outdoor cooking. While barbeque tends to take center stage in this ritual, there’s almost no thought given to basic kitchen amenities outside of the more elaborate setups. If you do a fair amount of your cooking outside, when the weather’s nice, and you’d like access to a sink, gas burner, cutting surface and storage space, check out this handsome DIY outdoor kitchen from London-based designer Nina Tolstrup. Step-by-step PDF instructions are available on her site.
Rice Krispiehenge
Xeni Jardin writes: A photograph contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader Laser Bread, aka Brock Davis, who lives in Minneapolis, MN. More: The Stonefridge DIY Stonehenge
Alt.CES: Chris Walker at the show
Chris Walker, of Secret Labs/Netduino fame, was kind enough to agree to do some snooping around at CES for MAKE, too. Here’s some of what he found interesting. Thanks, Chris! — Gareth Orbotix brought their Sphero robotic balls to CES 2011. Attendees were able to drive Spheros live using an iPhone app. Sphero uses the […]
Alt.CES: A maker’s peek at North Hall and the International Pavilion
This year, MAKE/O’Reilly author Damien Stolarz (iPhone Hacks, Car PC Hacks) agreed to be our eyes and ears on the ground at CES, scoping out hardware at the show that he thought would be of interest to makers. Here’s his second installment, a tour of North Hall and the International Pavilion. (Here’s Part 1) Thanks, […]
Cooking for Geeks at CES
Sherry Huss, Maker Media’s Director of Sales and Events, posted this phonecam pic on Facebook of Jeff Potter’s Cooking for Geeks, spotted at the Wired Science Station. Wired is also featuring a MakerBot in their Maker Station. More: 10 questions with Jeff Potter of Cooking for Geeks Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Cooking for Geeks Alt.CES: […]
Zork on Livescribe
YouTuber chipos81’s Z-Machine port to the Livescribe Echo yields one of the best known text-based adventure games to paper.