ETSY Labs, Create Digital Music & MAKE
Here’s a recap from the last “ETSY Labs, Create Digital Music & MAKE” music night over @ ETSY’s new Storque site… Link. Don’t forget this week *Thursday* the 27th we have another @ 8 PM!
Month: September 2007
Bathsheba sculptures
We’ve covered Bathsheba Grossman’s amazing 3D/geometric artwork in our book Makers, Maker Faire and here on MAKE so it was a delight to see her latest works are now being sold in Edmund Scientifics. Congrats Bathsheba! Related: Astronomy star and science crystals at Scientifics – Link. Make Podcast: Bathsheba Grossman’s geometric art – Link. Maker […]
Designing automata kit & cabaret mechanical movement
Some newer-ish stuff @ the Maker store — The Designing Automata Kit is great value and fantastic quality. No glue or tools are required, and you will learn about simple mechanics using cams and a crank slider mechanism. Many different designs can be made, and the kit used over and over again. Produced in Thailand […]
HOWTO: check if malware is secretly connecting to the internet
Here’s a quick command-line hack that you can run on your Windows boxes to see if there are any unsavory apps running in the background and making internet connections without your knowledge. Just run the following to trace applications which are opening sockets while you’re not using the machine: Start->Run->cmd netstat -b 5 >activity.txt (In […]
Ponoko test drive, 2D drawing to physical item – making it real
As bizarre as it sounds there happens to be a high powered laser in my living room but I wanted to give the online site Ponoko a whirl. If you can make 2D designs in Corel Draw, Illustrator, etc you can upload them as EPS files and sell both the file and the completed design […]
Best of CRAFT
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Numbered Cork Coasters – Link. Bicycle Seat Cover Tutorial – Link. Recycled Bottle Chandeliers – Link. HOW TO – Make Plastic Posies – Link. Wind-up Bedside Lamp – Link.
DIY Halloween MAKE & CRAFT’s MASSIVE Halloween contest with Instructables and Popular Science
Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our 2nd annual ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere, can enter all or just some of the contests. We’ll have lots of updates and posts regarding all these, but this announcement is to get you started and planning and has more information about where to enter, and our […]