Honestly WTF has up a tutorial for making a candle from a Satsuma orange peel and some olive oil. The wick is the piece of white pith that connects the stem. It seems like it would smell so good! More: Spine Candles Renegade Dipped Candles Candles From Scratch
UPDATE (1/26/2012 2:56 pm Pacific: Kickstarter funding for the eye3 project was canceled by the project creator. UPDATE: Since posting this, I’ve received a number of emails about this Kickstarter project and Lumenlab, the company behind it. Some people have complained that they have placed large orders for Lumenlab kits but have not received them. […]
I really love wit & Whistles hand-painted mug in a modern herrigbone pattern. Check out their blog to see how easy it is!
I love this morse code knit cowl from Karen of Yarn Over. Not only is it stylish, but it utilizes morse code to convey a funny message. …I was learning the code and charting out a message — using a single purl stitch for a dot and 3 in a row for a dash. (“Dots” […]
I think there’s a DIY-style way to make one of these with a few hacked Kinects, maybe not this round of hardware but certainly the next. Combine a copy-sphere with a Makerbot and you’ve got a scan and print system. Coming soon to Fedex/Kinkos! Bring your object in, swipe your card, put in the ball, print!
Now a mechanic with just a year of community college under his belt has unveiled a system to prevent rollaways. 44 year-old Tom Accardi managed to create the system and bring it to market without the help of venture capitalists or companies that prey on aspiring inventors.
At Corsair Artisan Distillery in Nashville, where I work, we came across a 1920s copper still that escaped Prohibition, and we were dying to put it to good use.
