Origami Balloon Lights Tutorial
Folding Trees has a tutorial on how to make these decorative origami balloon lights.
Month: July 2008
Miniature Modern Interiors
Soniaz from Apartment Therapy Unplugged came across a Flickr group of miniature recreations of modern interiors. I tried to recreate my living room once for an art project and it has been an obsession of mine to perfect it. This Flickr group is going to provide a lot of inspiration for that project.
We are Hacks – Live music & visuals @ HOPE
Peter Kirn of createdigitalmusic/createdigitalmotion is curating the A/V performance lineup @ the soon-to-be-now Hackers On Planet Earth conference – live music: Ezekiel Honig (Anticipate/Microcosm founder) explores warmth in electro-acoustic music “into a comfortable space between techno, house and ambient” Ben Neill, “mad scientist of dancefloor jazz” (CMJ Magazine) continues to evolve live music with his […]
Knitted Resistor
Anna from Mochimochi Land created a knitted resistor at her husband’s urging. If there is interest, she will create a pattern for “Resisty the Resistor.” Related Becky Stern’s Instructions on How to Read a Resistor
HOW TO – Circuit-bend a cheap voice recorder
GetLoFi has a nice rundown on how to get your bending with an inexpensive surplus “Saw III” voice recorder – The device costs $2 and includes as set of 2 AAA Batteries! When it comes to bending there are a few interesting points and also some annoyances. The drawbacks include: no Loop Mode when play […]
When to denormalize
There’s been a bit of a database religious war on Dare Obasanjo and Jeff Atwood’s blogs, all on the subject of database normalization: when to normalize, when not to, and the performance and data integrity issues that underly the decision. Here’s the root of the argument. What we’ve all been taught regarding database design is […]
Glowing VHS tape USB hub will make you remember the good old days
Ah, a blast from the video storage past. The now dead VHS tape gets remixed as a 4 port USB hub thanks to a clever maker who even decided to use the incoming power line from the USB port to create this glowing blue backlight. So next time you are thinking of dumping your old […]