Rock stars Theo Watson and Zach Lieberman will be running a Tinker.it workshop on their platform openFrameworks: This is the first ever UK workshop on openFrameworks, a cross-platform C++ library for creative coding, and an opportunity to experiment with building new systems for interaction that move away from the screen and into physical space. This […]
How to make LED light pens for long-exposure light drawings. LED Light Drawing Pens: Tools for drawing light doodles – [via] Link Related: Animated light pen art – Link HOW TO – Animated light pen art – Link
Hans sent us a link to HowtoForge’s guide to installing and using the Ubuntu Tweak utility. Ubuntu Tweak is a tool that lets you change hidden Ubuntu settings, for example: hide or change the splash screen, show or hide the Computer, Home, Trash, and Network icons, change Metacity, Nautilus, power management, and security settings, etc. […]
A man in Muncie, Indiana was charged with criminal mischief for painting his own crosswalk at an intersection near his house, claiming that cars weren’t slowing down for the stop signs there; the city refused previous requests from Whitney Stump to have a crosswalk put in. Stump, a 27-year-old Ball State University graduate student and […]
Craftster user Merwing has been sharing pix of her awesome “Childhood Heroes” embroidery series, featuring portraits of such luminaries as Jacques Cousteau, Shel Silverstein, Crystal Gayle and Bob Ross (seen above). Check out the thread to view them all. Link.
Just when you thought the Arduino name permutations would stop – they don’t! Enter the “Ardrumo”: This is a software MIDI interface designed to accept serial data from an Arduino board and convert it into MIDI drum data in OS X. The application acts as a bridge between sensors connected to the Arduino board and […]
I love these plush digger toys created by Elsie Marley, which I spotted in our CRAFT Flickr pool. Every kid I know seems to be obsessed with trucks, trains, and construction gear, so these would make a great gift for any of them. Link.
