Modded cabinet for a gaming geek
If you’re really in to gaming, what’s the best way to display, store and have tons of gaming systemd ready to be played at any moment? This maker made a cabinet for just that… [via] – Link.
Month: December 2006
Show Me Your CRAFT Badge!
Chirp, Chirp! Show the world you are a Crafter and display our cute CRAFT badge on your web site or blog! There are 3 fun sizes to choose from: teeny, tiny, and small (shown here). Link. Related: MAKE Badges – Link.
Kit Up – gear reviewed by soldiers
Kit up is a relatively new site that has reviews of gear from military personal – the stuff they cover is literally battle tested. A recent post mentions the use of “silly string” as an effective aid to discovering trip wires. “Kit Up is the stuff you weren’t issued but that you couldn’t have done […]
Milkshake machine – engineers way of shaking a milkshake
Steinar writes in with the “engineers way of shaking a milkshake”… – “Take a powerful DC amplifier, connect it to a large woofer, feed the system with a signal generator, and at the end, just add milkshake. Of course it is also possible to measure the g-force of the shaking” – photos & video.
Homemade Xbox 360 arcade controller
Pocket Universe writes – “Well, this is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. I’ve torn apart a wired 360 controller, put the guts in a pretty box and soldered some arcade buttons and a joystick to it. Thought I’d publish this to give you all an idea of how it can be done and […]
Bridge Building Tests
The Ignite Seattle event is a mere two days away and I’ve done some bridge building tests. Here’s what I learned from messing around with popsicle sticks for 1/2 hour with my brother: You are going to be on a team and someone on your team needs to come with a plan. I finished 1/3 […]
Minneapolis is a crafty town!
By Arwen O’Reilly Minneapolis is a crafty town! As if the No Coast Craft-o-rama weren’t proof enough, I got a whirlwind tour from Trish Hoskins, of Crafty Planet, of some of the best craft Minneapolis has to offer. Crafty Planet is every crafter’s dream come true. Walls of luscious fabric, from kitschy prints to Amy […]