How-To: Super Bulky Crocheted Cat Bed
Our very own Haley posted this great tutorial for making a super bulky crocheted cat bed over at The Zen of Making!
Month: February 2013
Celebrating Raspberry Pi’s Birthday with Cake
The photo above beautifully combines two things I really like a lot: Raspberry Pi and cake. To celebrate the Raspberry Pi’s first birthday, our friends at Element-14 presented an enormous Raspberry Pi-shaped cake to Pete Lomas from the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Andrew Robinson, the creator of the PiFace. Element-14, one of the official distributors […]
Art Hack Day Returns to Brooklyn
Over 60 makers, artists, and hackers will gather at a warehouse in Brooklyn this week, and spend two days building collaborative projects. Their wares will be on display on Saturday starting at 7PM.
How-To: Perfectly Distressed Jeans
Give your jeans that coveted lived-in look—sans the years it usually takes to get them there—with this perfectly distressed jeans tutorial!
How-To: Colorful Wooden Cutlery
Take the decor for your next party or picnic to the next level with colorful wooden cutlery!
Tool Tales: The Pump Drill
A pump drill is an ancient tool traditionally been used to generate friction heat for starting fires, as well as for boring holes. The principle of a pump drill’s operation is similar to the button spinner or whirligig, in which rotational momentum is built and maintained by repeated twisting and untwisting of a cord. After reading about them in a book about primitive technology, I got interested in the idea of a “modern” pump drill, operating on the same principle as the ancient tool but manufactured from industrial-age materials instead of wood, stone, and bone.
St. Patrick’s Day Muddy Buddies with Printable
Muddy buddies are a favorite snack among my friends – what about you?