After playing around with Yahoo! Pipes a bit, I’ve just created my first aggregated feed: a single-subscription roundup of the three sites in the Make family (Makezine.com, Craftzine.com, and Hackszine.com). This simple pipe doesn’t do much more than provide a single RSS feed for the three sites, but it hints at more fine-tuned possibilities. If […]
Lina of Kardemuma has a tutorial on how to crochet a cute circle bracelet. Link.
Lisa of the U-handbag blog has a tutorial on how to sew the perfect zipper–in this case, for a boomerang, zippered pouch with pocket and loop. The photos are really helpful and cover all the steps. Link.
Pam Conway says, “Here’s a tutorial on how to turn an ordinary single gold chain into a 3 strand beaded necklace with a pendant. Great for using up old chains you don’t wear or ones you got as a gift that are still sitting in the box! Really easy instructions and very pretty photos.” Link.
Splurch says, “A chocolate-coated car was placed in front of a supermarket in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on Valentine’s Day. This eye catching car was the work of seven employees from a local car company. The car was wrapped in a plastic wrap before being painted with melted chocolate. A total of 200 kg of […]
MAKE pal Michael writes in with word about OpenMoko – Linux based phone (Neo1973) running OpenMoko – I’m sure you’ve heard about the OpenMoko project. The news event today is that they have put up an extensive website describing the hardware, the software, the look and feel, the APIs, source code, developement invironment, etc. etc. […]
Leevonk writes – I always liked to draw and was thinking of becoming a cartoonist as a kid, but the tedium of the technique at the time (1980s) drove me away. Now we have computers and everyone is making flash animations. Flash attracted me because you don’t have to redraw the thing every frame, you […]
