Made On Earth — Tankful of Tunes
In the late 90s, bass player Ezra Daly couldn’t find a decent stand-up bass for under $1,000. So he decided to make his own.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Made On Earth — Shopper Chopper
So you want to polish up your metalworking skills, you’ve just bought a welder, and you’re interested in mechanical engineering. If you’re like Michael Dowling and Noam Davidson, you acquire a shop- ping cart and build a go-kart out of it.
Made On Earth — Go, Jet Kart, Go
In the small town of Lebanon, Oregon, you might see Richard Flanagan cruising down an empty farm road in his homemade, jet-powered go-cart. But you’ll definitely hear him.
HOW TO make ringtones
The carriers tend to hide how to make ringtones so you’ll buy them, but there are a few good resources to make your own. This one is from FunMobile…How do I make mp3, m4a/AAC, wav ringtones? How do I make a mmf ringtone? How do I make a qcp ringtone? How do I make ringtones from CD? How do I make a polyphonic (midi) ringtone? Tons of screenshots and how to action. Link.
Spherical wooden tree houses
These look really amazing. Free Spirit Spheres has commenced limited production of the 3.2 metre fibreglass sphere tree houses and now has sphere shells and kits available for the DIY market. Orders are now also being taken for the wooden shells and component kits and fully-finished made-to-order wooden Free Spirit Spheres. Shells can also be rented for the night (if you’re in Canada). Link.
Paper plate geometry art
More art with paper platers! Here are pictues of more recent models over the last four years. They are all folded from 9″ paper plates. They represent one direction in exploring the potential of folding circles. The one constraint I adhere to is never cut the circle. To do so would be to destroy the wholeness and limit potential. These are all expressions of the folded circle in multiples to itself. How-to and gallery.
Wal-Mart won’t print your good photos
Note to all you folks taking pictures of your projects- If you take photos that look too good, Wal-Mart won’t print them. The clerk said the photos looked like a professional had taken them, Helmick said. And no matter how much Helmick protested that she, an amateur, had snapped the shots of her son, she said the clerk wouldn’t budge. Wal-Mart sells high resolution “professional” quality cameras in their stores, just remember to take crummy low res photos! [via] Link.
