Month: June 2006

Skull Oven Mitts

Skull Oven Mitts

Splityarn added her finished skull oven mitts to the CRAFT flickr pool and we love them! The mitts are made from a pattern in Denyse Schmidt Quilts book (which I highly recommend). If you want to make your own, here’s a free oven mitt pattern and a selection of skull fabric to choose from. Link.

Radio radio MP3 player

Radio radio MP3 player

Machineproject writes – “Tom Jennings put a neat page up about converting his 1970 amc car radio into an mp3 player, which you might find interesting, a great part of the charm is his brief discussion of user interface design for car radios. He’ll be showing it at the Los Angeles meeting of dorkbot on […]

Thumb Drive, no really

Thumb Drive, no really

Munkeyworks writes – “Wikipedia has a whole slew of names listed for a portable USB drive. My favorite has always been “thumb drive”. Who doesn’t like literal translation? I decided to try my hand at thumb shaped usb drive (aw crap, things are getting punny).” Thanks Paul! – Link.

Thumb Drive, no really

Thumb Drive, no really

Munkeyworks writes – “Wikipedia has a whole slew of names listed for a portable USB drive. My favorite has always been “thumb drive”. Who doesn’t like literal translation? I decided to try my hand at thumb shaped usb drive (aw crap, things are getting punny).” Thanks Paul! – Link.

DIY Heat blocking curtains

DIY Heat blocking curtains

TheNickboy writes – “Summer is nearing/here, and it’s getting hotter in my house. To save electricity with our super expensive A/C, I constructed reflective curtains to block sunlight from warming our house. Think auto windshield. This is super simple and kind of obvious, but it works well.” – Link.