Matt writes – Well, you know you have one of those really weird conversations along the lines of… “We need a doorbell!†“What about a wireless mouse will that work?†You know it won’t end well. This ended with the destruction of a bluetooth keyboard, a trip to maplins and the creation of a Python […]
Last week I went on a class field trip to the Keck bioimaging lab at ASU, where Chuck Kazilek showed us the Paper Project. It’s basically a bunch of art projects made from images of paper taken with a scanning-laser confocal microscope. Many of the images can be viewed with 3D glasses, but are still […]
TrueCrypt 5.0 was released yesterday and OS X has been added to the list of supported operating systems, making it the only open source volume encryption utility that works in Linux, Mac and Windows. It’s a really slick utility for creating an AES-256 or Serpent encrypted volume that you can drop sensitive files inside. You […]
Mochimochi has done it again with their awesome new knitted bathtub pattern. Link.
Here’s a good candidate for a remake, if you have a jet engine cowling hanging around (although I’m sure you could make an approximation): Beautifully retro in feel, the aluminium engine cowling, which measures in at 100″ in diameter, is lovingly sanded and mirror polished prior to being fitted with a hardwood desktop and shelving […]
If you haven’t checked out the Mahar Drygoods blog lately, you really ought to pay them a visit. They’ve been running fabulous profile pieces on the various artists who create the offbeat kiddy crafts sold on the incomparable Mahar Drygoods website. Profiles include Cathy of California, Kim Baxter of Kissycake, Elizabeth Soule and many more. […]
Congrats to MAKE pal Jake von Slatt, Kinetic Steamworks, and Three Rings for the “All Things Considered”/NPR coverage. The piece was done by one Cyrus Farivar, a positively steampunky moniker, if you ask me. You can hear the piece at the link below. Steampunk Brings Victorian Flair to the 21st Century – Link
