Book Opens DIY Secret Room
I love this secret room — not only is it a nice build out of hardware store parts, but you open it by pulling on a book. Well, yeah! [via Hacked Gadgets]
Month: March 2013
VIDEO: Metallic Nail Art
How many folks work on a craft project during lunch?
Jepson’s Stepson’s Cinder-Block Throwing Robot
Big Dog’s learned how to throw cinder blocks. While this could make for a fun game of catch, I think this would be pretty useful if you needed to move some supplies to the top of a hill or building quickly.
Challenge the Kids, Challenge Yourself
I had twenty-four kids to walk through a detailed robot kit build. I thought we’d get through the physical build in one or two classes, and have two classes to play with the circuit and make the robot do different things. Boy, did I mis-judge things. By the end of the first class, we had barely managed to finish the first two steps of the build. I went home and collapsed for a bit. I was exhausted and not a little bit panicked.
How-To: DIY Leather Button Coasters
Bring your love of DIY into your home decor with a set of DIY leather button coasters!
Ron Swanson Quilt With Nick Offerman
After producing this incredible quilt with Ron Swanson’s face on it, Monica Solorio-Snow sent the RonQuilt to the Parks and Recreation set to get these amazing images of it with Nick Offerman!
Steel Wool on Fire: DIY Video Effects from the Pros
Eli Stonberg and Jeff Greco are Fourclops, an interactive video directorial team. Their video for Au Revoir Simone’s “Knight of Wands” was nominated for “Most Innovative Music Video” in the MTV O Music Awards. Their work has been featured on the Creators Project, the Los Angeles Times, ESPN TV, and Mashable and clients include Coca Cola, Blu Dot, Smirnoff, Passion Pit, and Tune Yards. It’s inspiring to know that they created some of their special effects with simple household items like milk, food coloring, steel wool, and Alka-Seltzer. Anyone can do them.