Sequencing a dot matrix printer
Don’t you hate it when you are trying to perform an electronic piece, and find that your dot matrix printer controller has broken?
Month: September 2010
Sneak Peek of “Greetings from Mochimochi,” Show Opens October 7!
Get ready to be teleported to another planet, one where everything is knitted and freakin’ adorable. CRAFT friend Anna Hrachovec is having her first solo show, Greetings from Mochimochi, featuring her amazing fiber creations at gallery hanahou in NYC, opening October 7. Above are some preview pics, start getting excited! In her first solo show, […]
Coin floor inflation
A Seattle family exposed to the virulent penny floor meme has contracted a more expensive (and therefore probably less contagious) mutant strain that metabolizes nickels instead of pennies. I do like the different color effect this achieves, but by my math (and depending on how much space you leave between the coins) penny flooring costs between $2.50 and $3.00 per square foot, whereas nickel flooring costs four times as much ($10-$12). I did not bother to compute costs for quarter-, dime- (ouch), or Sacagawea dollar-flooring, on the assumption that no one would ever go there. But if they do, please, nobody tell me about it.
Gever Tulley to speak tonight at Parsons in NYC
Gever Tulley, co-author of 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) and founder of the Tinkering School will be giving a talk tonight at Parsons the New School for Design in NYC, so if you missed him at Maker Faire, here’s your chance! A self-taught computer scientist who holds multiple technology patents, Gever’s […]
Mixing Oobleck
Chris Connors on Make: Online snapped this quick video of the New York Hall of Science crew mixing a big vat of oobleck, a non-newtonian fluid consististing of cornstarchand water. They had kids jumping on the stuff all weekend during Maker Faire, to the delight of participants and onlookers.
DIY Haunts: A Halloween contest sponsored by Jameco Electronics
The leaves are changing, cool weather is blowing in. Children lie awake at night wondering what to choose for their costume and dreaming about the legendary candy hauls of yore. They also remember the coolest houses. You know, the ones whose owners went all-out decorating for the season. Scarecrows, cobwebs, and jack-o-lanterns startling and delighting […]
Water analogy illustrations
I just love these illustrations from Dustyn Roberts’ Making Things Move book. Drawn by Sean Comeaux, they elegantly demonstrate the famous ‘water analogy’ of electrical theory. Excerpted from Making Things Move (McGraw-Hill; 2010) by Dustyn Roberts, with permission by McGraw-Hill.