Prison makers
This photo gallery by Marc Steinmetz really illustrates the essence of making what you “need” from what you have at hand; the objects are rough, but incredibly elegant solutions to problems that most of us will never have to solve.
Month: July 2008
Find and Grep 101
Find and Grep are perhaps the most used command line tools for the Linux user or administrator. Terse but powerful, these two commands will allow you to search through files and their contents by almost any imaginable attribute or filter criteria: file name, date modified, occurrence of the some specific word in a file, etc. […]
Join Vickie Howell’s Craft Corps
Vickie Howell wants you to join the Craft Corps! Vickie writes: Calling all crafters! I’m gearing up to write my next book, Craft Corps (pronounced Craft Core) which will focus on the community perpetuated by craft and the designers & hobbyists who feed it. As part of the content, I’m hoping to include 50-60 short […]
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Automatic Cat Faucet [above, bottom-right] Former minivan makes new trailer Electric gongs [above, bottom-left] Aurora open-source music controller LEGO paper-cone record player [above, top-left] Gakken Electronics experimentor set [above, top-right] Indian beatmachine bending Maker’s Quilt – first board DIY battery level indicator Giant connect four game board Demolished house […]
Needlefelted Presidents
From the CRAFT Flickr Pool, user giddygirlie writes: I created needle felt versions of the bearded presidents of the USA for a Wondermark.com contest to win the new book “Beards of our Forefathers”. This one is felted Martin Van Buren, and is my personal favorite out of the bunch.
DIY: High Quality Headphone Amplifier
This DIY project is perfect for all those audiophiles out there. The end result is a nice amp that fits inside an old CD enclosure. It isn’t exactly portable, but the sound quality is great! This is a simple do-it-yourself (DIY) headphone amplifier project that is fashioned primarily after the Class A MOSFET Headphone Driver […]
How to Probe Electronics for Circuit Bending
I think the title says it all. The video, by Lorin Edwin, explores some simple techniques to figure out how to circuit bend your own toys and electronics. Read more about How to Probe Electronics for Circuit Bending