A number of people have asked for more info on how I modded the Gakken SX-150 analog synthesizer for pushbutton usage. If you’d like to add a DIY keyboard youself, check out my recipe – Parts – Feel free to experiment with other resistor/trimpot values and using more/less switches. The basic idea here is to […]
I’ve long been a fan of Lynn’s beautiful letterpress (she did the gorgeous letterpress invitations for my wedding last summer, and I can’t speak highly enough of the experience), and just noticed that she’s doing a special holiday giveaway. If you buy one of her calendars before December 19th and leave a comment on her […]
For her Masters thesis at the MIT Media Lab, Anita Lillie created a music library visualization tool called MusicBox. The project will analyze the songs in a music library and group them based on a number of different dimensions – stuff like song length, tempo, ID3 genre information, and more advanced spectral properties of the […]
Sean Ragan has put his old soldering iron to good use: The upgrade left me with a surplus soldering iron and the opportunity to try a modification which first occurred to me when I was 10 or 11 and still playing around with Dad’s tools in our old garage, which was to try to adapt […]
Betz White shows us how to use felted sweaters and embroidery hoops to create this seasonal snowman decoration. Love his jaunty hat! Related: Felted Sweater Flowers with Betz White – CRAFT Video Podcast
Pearson Maron–who create kooky cryptozoology-themed tchotckes–have posted an entry on The Storque profiling several different California-based Etsy sellers as part of the “Shop Local” series. Pictured above: our Craft: 06 interview subject Hannah Kopacz of Made with Love by Hannah. Related: • Blogs We Love: Knick Knacks & Ric-Rac • Birdseed Grocery Bag • Free […]
This holiday video card installation by AKQA uses 49 microwave ovens stacked in a dark space and timed to sequentially turn off so that the only thing left is their blinking, unset clocks which resembles twinkling stars in the night sky (you need to watch the video until the end to see the full effect). […]
