Jon writes – The Millett Hybrid Maxed, or Millett MAX, or MAX for short, is a vacuum tube and solid state hybrid headphone amplifier. It is the latest refinement in a series of headphone amplifiers that began with Pete Millett, its namesake. This is a fantastic headphone amp. The design even includes vacuum tubes illumniated […]
The Lion Brand booth was jam packed both days at the Maker Faire with their how to knit and crochet workshops taught by Shannon Okey and Cecily Keim. One of the things also happening at the booth was the Hyperbolic Crochet Sea Coral Fantasy and Liz of Lion Brand (pictured above) worked with booth visitors […]
Dave writes in – I wanted to see how few parts I could use, from what I had on hand, to build this clicking blinking LED device based on a 555 chip. This article was submitted by Lee Bornifield as part of the “Hobby parts for articles ” program. Write something of interest to electronic […]
The Art Star Craft Bazaar will be happening this weekend on Saturday (11-7) and Sunday from (11-5) in Philly at the Liberties Walk 1030-40 N. 2nd Street. There will be over 100 artists and crafters who will be selling their handmade wares as well as crafty demos! Get there early to get one of the […]
Andrew writes – Master Replicas is planning to release an expensive ($300!) limited edition replica of the original Pinocchio marionette used by animators on the 1941 film as a reference model – you can see it online – but wouldn’t it be much more fun to make your own? Someone recently sent in to my […]
As a comment to my post on crocheting a t-shirt rag rug yesterday, Giaguara showed us her crochet t-shirt rug made from old Apple and geeky t-shirts. Giaguara writes: When you have more than one kind of shirt and tones in it, it works best to make it a straight carpet. Use three colors or […]
Arist Lisa Reynolds constructed a fake store front (called “Your inner self”) along with “cloned” reflections of the store front in the Financial District of New York City, I watched hundreds of people walk by, glance briefly and no one noticed how truly odd it was upon further inspection here are a few photos and […]
