Yahoo! just launched Pipes, which lets you combine data from the Web in some very interesting ways. It reminds me of Apple’s Automator and Quartz Composer. Brady Forrest takes a pipe apart in Yahoo! Pipes: Deconstructing a Pipe: In my previous post Yahoo! Pipes: The Modules For Building Pipes I explained the tools available for […]
Inspired by our post about personalizing your Flickr replies, the ever-resourceful and reader-focused Gina Trapani just whipped up her own code to add similar functionality to Lifehacker comments. Her Lifehacker Reply with Commenter Name Greasemonkey script adds a “[reply by name]” link to each comment on Lifehacker.com and inserts the commenter’s name (prepended with an […]
Sometimes you want to save the videos that you watch on Youtube or Google Video. Perhaps you want to watch them later. Maybe you are hoping to transcode a video for playback on a mobile device. Or maybe you want to edit a clip into a podcast you are making. Problem is, you can only […]
Jolene pointed us to this BBC news story of the Liverpool Women’s Hospital and how knitted breasts are being used. The knitted breats are a cheaper alternative to show new mothers how to breast feed and how to express milk, as well as teaching tools by community midwife teams. From the site, “[Kate Mc Fadden, […]
Jake writes in with a how-to plate and etch Altoids tins… “Using a car battery, blue vitriol solution (an archaic name for copper sulfate) and printed circuit board making techniques, I etched and copper plated some Altoids containers this past weekend.” Copper plating and etching Altoids tins- Link.
Pod Post is the joint project of Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler, two ladies working diligently to raise the USPS to an entirely new level. This is the second in a series of “12 Months of Missives;” if you missed the first, check it out. Pod Post Endorsed Holiday: National Library Lovers Month February […]
If you are in the LA area, Syuzi Pakhchyan of SparkLab will be teaching a 1 day workshop, Introduction to Sewing Electronics, at Machine Project (1200 D North Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, 213-483-8761). The class is this Saturday, Feb 10 from 11am-6pm. There’s a 12 person max enrollment so hurry up and sign up now. […]
