Knitpixie.com is a great destination for knitting and crochet, especially the hip free patterns they offer. We like the Cell Hugger, a cozy crochet holder for your cell phone. Get your crochet skills back into shape for Fall with this quick instant gratification project. Link
Our favorite DIY news show, Rocketboom is now playing on MAKE’s virtual land in Second Life. Andrew from Rocketboom set up a video feed so each day the video will change. We also have laser beam movies, Skype payphone video, MAKE on G4 TV and other videos to collaboratively view with other residents – enjoy. Image here and land link.
Our favorite DIY news show, Rocketboom is now playing on MAKE’s virtual land in Second Life. Andrew from Rocketboom set up a video feed so each day the video will change. We also have laser beam movies, Skype payphone video, MAKE on G4 TV and other videos to collaboratively view with other residents – enjoy. Image here and land link.
Jeffery writes “This guy builds train layouts, but of scenes of urban decay – slums, pawn shops, scrapyards, liquor stores, and lots of graffiti, much of it build from scratch. Really amazing photographs.” Link.
Check out the video on the site – Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, scientists and data visualizers stitched together a full year’s worth of monthly observations of the land surface, coastal oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, photo-like mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet. Link.
Make Flickr photo pool member Laurence writes “Two years ago, I decided to make a Lego minifig (ie: “Lego man”) costume for Halloween. The hardest part was building the head. Here’s how I did it…” 
Filed under the “don’t try this a home” Maker project. Someone seems to have replaced some of the hand electronics in a Robosapien robot and added a flame thrower, since that’s exactly what it was missing. [