This site sprung from the hypothetical question: “What if Martha Stewart was a goth?” For the uninitiated, Martha Stewart is a phenomenally successful domestic arts champion and stylemaker who advocates an upscale but not ostentatious style of living which has a lot to do with making things yourself and finding new uses for the old, instead of just buying everything new. [via] Link.
So, this is not public, and is not shipping yet, but here is a sneak peak of what is on its way for Flickr freaks (like me). A poster and and entire book of Flickr photos. Once the Flickr folks are ready, I suspect you’ll hear more about this soon. Link to Flickr on Flickr.
Describing the construction of these pvc pipes may prove to be much like describing on paper just how to tie a shoe-lace! Will give ‘er a go nonetheless. They’re actually made from 1/2″ light tan-colored CPVC not technically PVC but a “hot-water” version of pvc which is sold here at any hardware store in ten foot lengths. [via] Link.
Mike writes “…a great site about roasting your own coffee beans including links to how to modify a hot-air popcorn popper to roast coffee. Here’s a “make-y” link from the site”. Link.
Here’s a really neat video of Google Earth being used as a world touring visualizer of video bloggers. The Maker writes “What I love about videoblogging (or video in general as a medium) is that if I get an idea, I can visualize it in almost no time at all because the tools available are so easy to work with, and I get some result immediately”. Link.
Nice HOW TO for iPod Linux. Want to watch videos on your iPod? Wish there were better games in your iPod’s list of offerings? Maybe you want to draw pictures on your iPod without getting ink on the screen? [
If you want to give that old computer new life on your home network, try using it as a file server for music or pictures or whatever so that no matter where in the house you are you can access your massive digital library from any computer. Here’s what you’ll need to do… [