CraftyPod: Pasta Crafting
Diane at CraftPod brings us crafting with pasta! Who knew! Diane talks with pasta-crafter extraordinaire, Lancea LaPorte and brings us some great links on how to make stuff with pasta. Listen to her podcast here. Link.
Month: January 2008
“Easy Button” whoopee cushion
El_roboto_loco writes – This instructable shows how to take an Easy button, lift the audio from it, then take an electronic whoopee cushion and lift the audio out of that, and then combine the two sound clips using the free sound editor, Audacity, while adding some special effects. Then we’ll take the new sound track […]
Scrap Patchwork Skirt
Nikkishell on BurdaStyle shows you how to use your fabric scraps to sew up this adorable patchwork skirt. Link.
Mercury flyby today
Spacecraft Messenger is doing a drive by today on Mercury – Right around noon today, if all goes as planned, a spacecraft called Messenger will swoop past the planet Mercury and begin two days of unprecedented picture-taking and data-collecting. The flyby, the first visit to Mercury in more than 33 years by an emissary from […]
The adjustable voltage regulator
Neat adjustable voltage regulator, Rason writes – Many amateurs have stopped by their local Radio Shack store and have noticed the famous LM317T adjustable voltage regulator. But, did you know that all voltage regulators are adjustable? Yes, any IC voltage regulator can be adjusted to a higher voltage than its fixed voltage by just adding […]
You Rock, You Rule Stencil T-Shirt
Make these cute “You Rock! You Rule!” t-shirt with the downloadable stencil available from DIYnamite. Link.
Maker movement gaining recognition
Tim over on O’Reilly’s Radar rounds up some recent coverage on the “Maker movement”, he writes – There have been a number of stories in mainstream media recently recognizing the “Maker movement” exemplified by our own magazines Make: and Craft: and online sites like Etsy and Instructables. (Disclosure: O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures is an investor in […]