The Maker Faire caravan passes by Jack Sparx’s (a.k.a. John Dyer’s) mad scientist’s lair to pick up a cache of high-voltage toys to truck to Austin. Ah… the techno-carny life. Jack Sparx 2K7 takes his toys to Austin! – Link
The purl bee has an announcement that Knitscene Magazine is looking for submissions for their Fall 2008 issue. I had never heard of Knitscene magazine, but I was especially excited that the announcement included a link to free online patterns from the magazine. Do you think that vest is husband-approved? [via] Link.
Kody May Knits shows you how to get snuggly for fall by knitting up this hilarious SpongeBob Squarepants Hat. Link.
Gort, a Theremin-like experience installation at Burning Man 2007 – Link.
I’m shooting a lot of videos in the next couple weeks, so here’s a test AVI file right off the pocketable Canon TX1 that shoots pretty high res videos 1280 x 720 @ 30fps – Link (150mb). Filmed at 1am in Times Square – not bad considering the photon assault that was going on… Related: […]
Tim Higgins had some problems with kids cutting through his yard. His solution is a water cannon sentry that watches the yard and hoses down trespassers. I’m dreaming of making something like this to keep the squirrels off of my tomatoes, so it’s cool to see what worked and what didn’t in Tim’s system. I […]
Ever wonder why so many crafters prefer to use 100% wool felt over old-school acrylic? Take a look at this side-by-side comparison post from the blog Old School Acres. Link.
