Greg writes – I have been looking at mods and hacks for a while now, and I always save them when I see something cool. I have done several DIY projects using a disposable camera, and so they have always peaked my interest. I decided to take all of the mods that I have seen […]
Norman Borlaug isn’t a household name, but he’s a great American scientist worth spending a few minutes reading about… – An Iowa farm boy will receive the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his lifetime work saving millions of people around the world from starvation. Norman Borlaug, a pioneer of the “Green Revolution” who was […]
After trying a few of the web based AIM and being disappointed with all of them I remember the old trick I needed to use back in the day when there wasn’t a good AIM client for Pocket PC phones – use AIM over SMS. Before you do this make sure you have the unlimited […]
CRAFT Magazine’s Carla Sinclair and Goli Mohammadi were in LA for two big crafting events: Tinlark Gallery’s Modern Fables and Felt Club XL Summer. Throughout the weekend, Carla and Goli were busy meeting crafters, doing workshops (paper beads at Tinlark and Gocco demos at Felt Club), and braving the scorching heat , pictures and more […]
This is a neat way to list useful and interesting web sites, with a periodic table – (We’re MK!) Thanks Zach – Link.
If you’re a fan of antique tech, especially radio gear from the first half of the 20th century, and you’re unfamiliar with Steve’s Antique Technology site, man are you in for a treat. This site is loaded with pics and document-scans of radios, tube test equipment, meters, you name it. He especially has lots of […]
I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but here’s an extremely clever hack from the Useless Pickles blog that will render 3D objects at a usable frame rate using standard Javascript. You might be familiar with another method in which you create a bunch of 1 pixel-high divs to draw each triangle with a series of […]
