The Best of Interweave Knits is new in print celebrating their 10th anniversary, but you can still pick your favorite patterns their new Readers Choice Awards. The top 5 patterns to get the most votes will be published in a free eBook! From the site: Nominate your all-time favorite pattern from Interweave Knits (published between […]
Wow! Here’s the latest Instructables contest, win a laser cutter! fungus amungus writes – This is another chance for you to win one of our favorite tools, but this time it’s bigger and better! The VersaLaser functions like a true plug and play computer peripheral. It has a friendly, materials-based print driver that eliminates complex […]
The Sky Puter is essentially a computer without a case, while all components are suspended from the ceiling with a combination of coat hangers, cat5, and cat3 cable. Your airflow doesn’t really get any better than this. To me it looks like a still frame of a computer exploding. – [via] Link.
Start saving up to shop this Sunday at the SF Craft Mafia’s Mafia Made DIY Trunk show. The event is happening at the beautiful Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco from Noon to 5pm. The 2nd annual event will showcase the brilliant, diverse work of over 40 clothing, accessories, jewelry, craft-related […]
Yaakov writes – This little perl program allows you to set the “Ready Message” on HP printers to whatever you’d like. (if you want to run it under Windows, and don’t know how, read this.) I wrote it after coming across the command in an HPPJL (HP Printer Job Language) reference manual I was reading […]
Attention Phoenix makers and crafters! This is a reminder that the inaugural Phoenix DIY meeting is tonight. As I mentioned earlier, you may want to attend if you like (including but not limited to): tinkering, hacking, knitting, electronics, programming, sculpting, paper crafts, new media, physical computing, graffiti, cooking, home improvement, doing things yourself, gardening, sewing, […]
This has got to be the coolest RFID shielding wallet-pouch! Choose when the digital info on your chipped passport and credit/ID cards is ‘on’ or ‘off’. Wrapping yourself in aluminum foil isn’t enough! The kinds of radio waves used with RFID are tricky and can penetrate all sorts of things—it’s a matter of power and […]
