Photos and more from The Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest, a Secret Science Club event held at Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn, last Friday night – [via] Link & more. More: Obscura Antiques & Oddities, 280 East 10th, New York City – Link. “Dogseat’s” Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest” photoset on Flickr – Link. Related: Bizarre […]
MAKE will be in Japan for a couple weeks in November, If you’d like to get together, meet up send me an email and I’ll send you a list of all the times, dates and places we’ll be – our schedule isn’t 100% full so we’re hoping to meet with some makers from Japan. We […]
SparkFun just opened up a huge can of newness – here are some of their latest that I thought was worth checking out… You knew it was coming. The Port-O-Rotary has dropped in price for the holiday ridiculousness. Black is $200, red is $250. But wait, there’s more! These new units have a built-in fast […]
Wow, VMS just turned 30 and it (still) runs all sorts of important things… – Gareth Williams, associate director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Minor Planet Center since 1990, has been tracking the 400,000 orbits of known asteroids and comets in the solar system using a cluster of 12 VAXes, from offices on the Harvard […]
From the comments on the Weekend Projects Joule Thief video, folks have found that winding the toroid requires some fussing with how many times to wrap it. Flickr-user Mr Toms World managed to make a nice looking Joule Thief! Nice work! – Link
AlphaA writes – Okay. So, this isn’t my most impressive project. But, it’s so simple and silly I believe others could have fun with the idea, just as I have. I have found something to do with unused USB ports. I call it U-S-Blink and they are quick, easy and cheap to make. This is […]
If you’re in the Bay Area on Tuesday night, Mill Valley will be holding it’s Art Walk from 6-9pm. That’s also when Ashley Rose Helvey will be holding her first show, “I’ve Been Thinking” at Ambatalia Fabrics. Her show will feature her collection of hand-felted dresses as well as her new line DANKEN. I’ll be […]
