The Strong Museum has a “National Toy Hall of Fame” – a lot of classics are in there along with detailed histories of many familiar toys still available today… “In the early 1960s, pretzel vendors on New York City streets inspired toy makers at Kenner, Inc. to make the Easy-Bake Oven. Anticipating parents’ concerns about […]
Woodpixels are six sided blocks with different shades on each side, you can make your own pixel art (Mario, Pac-Man ghosts, etc). Wouldn’t be that hard to make a DIY version either… [via] – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make pixel art – Link. Make Pixel Art – Link. 3D pixel Duck Hunt, in real-life […]
I couldn’t resist the play on the word “schmancy” to describe Kristen Rask’s of Schmancy new sewing machine. Kristen says, “This is my new sewing machine. It is a “Kenmore Drop-In Bobbin Sewing Machine with 31 Stitches, Built-in 1-Step Buttonhole.” Why did I buy it? Well I wanted another sewing machine so I could have […]
Home wrecker has a huge collection of DIY music articles and schematics… Pictured here, the Electro-Harmonix Bad Stone phase shifter – Link.
Timbuktu Chronicles writes – “Sunny Steveson fabricated a self freezing system, he used an old 52 British thermal unit (BTU) air conditioner and tubes that he passed through the concrete walls to enter the freezing room. The air conditioner and the room get electricity from a 6KVA generator…The process takes 10 to 12 hours to […]
Aren’t these programs super cute? Come by to Felt Club (Ukranian Cultural Center, 4315 Melrose Ave.) in LA on Saturday, Dec 9th from 12-7pm where the first 1,000 people who arrive will get these cool programs (cover by Martin Cendreda and interior by Jenny Suh). You’ll also get to hang out with our own Carla […]
Artist Jennifer Maestre makes incredible aquatic themed sculptures from colored pencils [via] – Link. Related: Power drill pencil sharpening… – Link. Pencil Carving – Link. Portrait made from crayons – Link. Sculptures carved from crayons – Link.
