Rainbow by Helmut Smits
Helmut Smits is an artist based in The Netherlands. His site is full of multidisciplinary goodies and is well worth a look-see, but this rainbow windshield paint smudge really made me smile.
Month: August 2010
How-To: Recycled Bubble Wrap Travel Game
If you’re taking a road trip with kids this summer and need an inexpensive activity to keep them busy, check out this awesome bubble wrap travel game from Ohdeedoh. When you’re traveling, kids can pop the bubbles as they spot each of the items on the sheet. If your child is too young to have […]
Camera Lens Coffee Mug
The photography enthusiast in your life will likely love this camera lens coffee mug from Photojojo. It’s equipped with a lens-cap lid (omg), rubber-grip focus and zoom rings (o…m…g), and an auto-focus switch that actually switches (OMG)! It’s so realistic, you might have to use post-its just to remind yourself which is your mug and […]
DIY 3D photo rig
Makers Local 256 member ratmandu (Justin Richards) built this 3D camera rig out of two Powershot A480s. One of the cameras is mounted upside down in order to get the two lenses closer to each other, and ratmandu’s custom code automatically flips the image back around. So see the effect, check out the second photo […]
Formufit sells maker-focused PVC attachments
An anonymous reader sent in a link to this neat store. Basically, Formufit sells PVC connectors intended for maker projects. They feature glossy, unmarked fittings for pipe sizes ranging from 1/2″ to 2″. Just like many of our customers, we got our start making household objects out of PVC pipe and hardware store fittings. However, […]
How-To: Jumbo Frosted Animal Cookies
When I was a kid, I loved (l-o-v-e-d) the frosted pink and white with sprinkles circus animal cookies from Mother’s. I can’t remember the last time I ate one, but I’m really loving this homemade, jumbo version from Bridget at Bake at 350. They are beautiful, and sound really tasty.
Hopworks Beer Bike
The Hopworks Beer Bike is a perfect storm. It’s the colmination of a love of craft and a deep respect for producing a quality product. Designed and built by Phillip Ross and Jamie Nichols of Metrofiets Cargo Bikes for Christian Ettinger of Hopworks Urban Brewery, the dual keg toting pub-on-wheels sports an aluminum pan with fifty feet of draft coil, two custom taps, inlaid old-growth woodwork bar with a split top for easy access to the kegs, an MP3 sound system modeled after a motorcycle’s hard pannier bag, and a back rack capable of holding three large pizzas for the unavoidable crowd that forms every time the bike stops.