Rockstar released a few of their classic games as a free download, including the original Grand Theft Auto series. The games are distributed as Windows executables, but you can still enjoy a little top-view criminal activity in Linux by running them under WINE. Revive your Inner Carjacker: GTA2 on Linux – Link Rockstar Classics (download […]
Crafty Daisies is back with Embroidery Lesson #5, the final lesson. In this post, you’ll learn how to make the following stitches: scroll stitch, feather stitch, and interlaced double running stitch. If you missed this weekly series, you can still check out and do the previous lessons as well as do any extra homework. Link.
The iPhone’s headphone jack in recessed so that most 3rd party headphones can’t plug into it. But the hardware beyond the recession is apparently standard. To get at it, you can carve away the plastic housing to make it fit. Here, John Sullivan has cut the jack on his Etymotic ER-6 phones. Etymotic ER-6 iPhone […]
September’s Sampler has arrived and look at all the cool goodies! I had to share with you my favorites of course! Here are my favorites, clockwise from left: Wabisabi Brooklyn decoupaged metal necklace – Link. Letterpressed greeting card sampler from Lizard Press – Link. Vinyl bird bag by Art School Dropout – Link. Bumblebee Needle […]
DIY Maven on Curbly shows you how to make a new-sew pet bed by cutting up an old sweatshirt! Link.
We seem to have crossed some sort of developmental threshold in terms of getting the made to act more like the born. This video, shot at Wired’s NextFest, shows The Salamander, an amphibious bot built by BIRG (the Biologically Inspired Robotics Group) at L’ Ecole Polytechnique Federal De Lausanne, in Switzerland. Salamandra robotica @ BIRG […]
Unbuffered, acid-free tissue paper should be used for storing heirloom garments and fibers, just the same way acid-free photo albums protect your keepsake pictures from color change and decay. From the review on Cool Tools: For years I’ve been relying on inexpensive, unbuffered acid-free tissue paper to ensure some dear family heirlooms will remain in […]
