Our pal I-Wei Huang, of Crabfu SteamWorks, sent us a link to this “green” steam engine, a super-efficient two- (or more) piston engine that is allegedly easy and economical to build. It has a very ingenious way of converting reciprocating movement into rotary movement, the action of which you can see in an animated GIF […]
On Friday, head on over to the Etsy Labs in Brooklyn for the Trashion Trunk show event! At the event you’ll learn how to: shop more than a dozen etsy shop’s designs, art, clothes, paper goods, accessories and housewares pick up some free samples (if you arrive early enough) learn more about trashion learn how […]
Stephanie of Creative Reveries takes granny squares to a stylish realm with her granny square clutch complete with polka dot linking. Link.
The Boston Globe has a brief piece on Jory Squibb, a Camden, Maine handyman, who deconstructed two Honda Elite scooters and used them to create this three-wheeled vehicle he calls the Moonbeam. It gets more than 100 miles to the gallon and goes a stop and smell the roses speed of 35-40 MPH. One Gallon, […]
Zontee of Lion Brand points us to Lisa Stringfellow’s Harry Potter inspired Golden Snitch Knitting needles. Link.
This week’s lesson in Crafty Daisies’ series on learning how to crochet covers how to seam your squares together by learning the mattress stitch, backstitching, slip stitch, and overcast. Link. Related: Crafty Daisies: Learn to Crochet Lesson #1 – Link. Crafty Daisies: Learn to Crochet Lesson #2 – Link. Crafty Daisies: Learn to Crochet Lesson […]
Erica Sadun at TUAW posted a slick reference for getting the Dropbear SSH server running on the iPhone: Over at the #iphone channel at irc.osx86.hu, the thoroughly awesome NerveGas has figured out how to enable ssh on the iPhone without using restore mode. The secret lies in overwriting an existing binary and plist to trick […]
