How-To: Modge Podge Tile Coasters
How clever are these coasters? I love the idea of making faux tile with with custom images for a party or a gift! [via hostesswiththemostest]
Year: 2010
Maker Birthdays: Gary Gygax
Today, in 1938, Ernest Gary Gygax was born in Chicago, IL. He would go on to create a gaming and publishing empire, built on math-driven storytelling and gem-like Platonic solids dice (co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons). Anybody who’s ever played Dungeons & Dragons will know why Gary Gygax is suited to be […]
Math Monday: Binder clip constructions
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Here’s a challenge: Make something cool from binder clips. It will be tough to beat this spherical construction by Yang Enqi. Using one handle, five clips of one color are linked cyclically into a pentagon. Using the other handle, twelve of these pentagons assemble like a dodecahedron […]
How-To: Use Old Markers For Dyeing
Rosi Jo shares how to use old markers as a way to dye all kinds of things from fibers to paper to salt. [via Creative Jewish Mom]
Funky-fresh 3D printing on an old HP 540
OK, so it looks fussy and maddeningly slow, but hey, proof o’ concept (circa 2008). It works! [Via Boing Boing] 3D Printing Demo
OpenCV for face detection on the iPhone
O’Reilly author Alasdair Allan (Learning iPhone Programming and the upcoming Programming iPhone Sensors) talked about using the OpenCV framework for face detection at OSCON in Portland, Oregon. In the video above, Mac Slocum interviews Alasdair from the expo floor of OSCON. For more information on Alasdair’s talk, check out his summary and slides.
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Super Mario Bros. Quilt by modernjax, Black & White Pebble Ring by Maria Apostolou, and Nautili by Danielleorama.