DIY Postal scale…
I really like this low tech scale, you use the known weight of coins to make a balance to figure out the weight of your mail. [via] Link part of the Toys from Trash site.
Month: February 2006
HOW TO – Pod slurp
Abe Usher has an interesting app I’m going to try and use to back up some of my documents, it’s an app that finds all the important docs and downloads them to your iPod. But, it’s more of a security demonstration – or a now-real prop from all the action films where a hero/villian gets […]
What a 3D Printer can’t do…
Michael Frumin from Eyebeam writes – “Over the last 2 weeks or so, I worked with Jerry Paffendorf of Electric Sheep and Second Life future salons to capture and 3D print his SecondLife avatar, with his SecondLife ‘Slegway.’ We had some success after a couple iterations, learning a good lesson about what you just can’t […]
Star Wars Crafts
There are tons of kid (and adult) friendly crafts over at starwars.com. I love this Chewie Tissue Box Cozy or the cuddly felt Yoda doll. From the site, “Make one-of-a-kind Star Wars crafts using everyday materials just laying around the house. Print out masks to use for your own Star Wars plays, construct your very […]
Linux cluster using old MSN TVs
This Maker took 20 old MSN TV 2’s and clustered them together, now they’re all running Linux. Here’s how he did it – Link.
The Museum of Unworkable Devices
“David Jones has built a number of ingenious ‘fake’ perpetual motion machines for museums and trade shows. These are beautifully made of bicycle wheels, sewing machine parts, plumbing hardware and other embellishments. They are displayed in glass or clear plastic cases with no obvious means for energy input. Observed by visitors daily, they slowly turn, […]
Knitting Podcasts
Whip up has got a nice round up today of great knitting podcasts to check out. Link.