Laptop desk for an oil delivery truck
Merle sent in his cousin’s homemade laptop desk for his oil delivery truck, nice work – Link.
Month: May 2007
Solder management
Homemade ‘solder un-spooler’ handy for soldering on big jobs from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Simple Simon – Link.
Detecting and reducing power consumption in Linux
For laptop users and data center administrators, power consumption is an important issue. Intel recently released a cool, top-like utility called PowerTOP, which can help you track down processes which are consuming the most power on your machine. When your CPU isn’t executing intructions, it enters an idle mode and consumes far less energy. Any […]
It’s Not Too Late to Be a Part of Maker Faire!
Interested in getting behind the scenes at Maker Faire? We have an amazing array of Makers with us this year and are looking for voluteers on both days to help make sure things run smoothly. We need to hear from you today or tomorrow. Pictured above are two of our superstar volunteers from last year, […]
Paper sculptures
Great paper Sculpture from artist Richard Sweeney – [via] Link.
HOW TO – Make Potato Chip Bag Pencil Cases
Next time you’re eating chips tell the person you’re with that you’re eating them for your next craft project. Eva made these cute potato chip bags and her kids use them to tote their pencils to school. Eva says you can even sew on a strap to make it a cute wristlet! Check out her […]
Fat Quarter Shop
Linda at Adorn posted about the Fat Quarter shop which I had no idea about. You can get tons of cool fabrics already cut in fat quarter packs. The Free Spirit Fat Quarter club is also especially tempting. For only $25/month you’ll get 12 fat quarters from Free Spirit. Wow! Browse the selection at the […]