Eric Seifert sent in some information on creating a home brew radio modem using a standard PC sound card, an iPod FM transmitter, and an FM radio. He has his current revision working at 9600 BAUD for distances in the neighborhood of hundreds of feet. The sending side outputs an amplitude encoded data stream to […]
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Server Coat – Link. CRAFT Podcast: Quick Holiday Gifts to Make from Britex Fabrics – Link. HOW TO – Make Cereal Gift Boxes – Link. HOW TO – Recycle and Make Your Own Papers – Link. The Golden Girls…in Felt! – Link.
It’s the end of the weekend, have you made a sympathy doll yet? If you made one, leave a link to a picture of it in the comments! Video – Link PDF – Link Subscribe in iTunes – Link If you saw the secret message in the video, make sure to send verification and email […]
The amazing steampunk and macabre assemblage artist Alex CF has struck again, this time building a “Chrono-Displacement” device as a prop for the cover of a forthcoming steampunk fiction anthology, to be published by Solaris, an imprint of BL Publishing. The book, entitled Extraordinary Engines, will be out in the Fall of ’08. The Chrono […]
Sometimes you just have to tell it like it is. Link.
Forbes on the Tranistor’s birthday! – Sixty years ago, on Dec. 16, 1947, three physicists at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., built the world’s first transistor. William Shockley, John Bardeen and William Brattain had been looking for a semiconductor amplifier to take the place of the vacuum tubes that made radios and other electronics […]
Attention holiday shoppers and all lovers of handmade awesomeness: Don’t forget that today is Crafty Wonderland’s SUPER COLOSSAL Holiday Sale at Norse Hall in Portland, Oregon. You’ll be able to stock up on handmade gifts from over 100 great vendors, plus you can get stuff gift wrapped at the SCRAP recycled giftwrap station. I’ll be […]
