Furoshiki – Japanese Art of Cloth Gift Wrapping
Wrap your presents with furoshiki cloth.
Year: 2006
Wee Wonderfuls Put Together Book #2 – Spaceboy and Robot
It’s finally here! Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls’ new Put Together Book #2 is for sale ($10), featuring her Spaceboy and Robot patterns. Link.
Solar powered 802.11 free hotspots
A MAKE reader writes – “After playing with various WiFi setups for a community network for the past three years, I discovered Meraki which is testing an easy to use setup for a mesh network (based on mit roofnet). The hardware was not designed for outdoor use so I used sch 40 pipe to make […]
Holiday Project: Sassy Snow Bowls
Crafty Chica Kathy Cano Murillo has a great project for your upcoming holiday cocktail parties. You can make your serving dishes look like giant snowballs! Link. Related: See Crafty Chica’s archive of past holiday projects. – Link.
Wikipedia CD BitTorrent
Neat, grab this torrent and give the CDs away as gifts or put on flash drives – “A “Wikipedia CD” has been made available for download on BitTorrent.com. The CD comprises of over 2500 hand-picked educational articles aimed at helping schools enhance their curriculum and children learn. WikipediaThe CD has been compiled by volunteers for […]
HOW TO – Grow your own Loofah sponge
Groovygreen has a tutorial on how you can grow your own Loofah sponges. I had no idea this was actually a veggie you can grow. Looks like a fun, easy gardening project too. Link.
Make a “sidewalk runabout” and a sled wagon
Modern Mechanix has a couple great projects (and ideas) from over 50 years ago for snow and sidewalk transportation. More @ Modern Mechanix – Link. Related: Runners Convert Wagon (Dec, 1947) – Link. This Sidewalk Runabout is Easy to Build (May, 1938) – Link. The Maker File: Colin Berry reads Spinout, the story he wrote […]
