Month: March 2007

Sockphones

Sockphones

Randofo writes – After making a few Telephone Handset Microphones I came to realize that all of these handsets had perfectly good speakers that were not being put to good use. I set out to correct this problem. This is the natural solution. Sockphones are socks that are headphones. The sound quality isn’t the best, […]

Tricks For Saving a Dead iPod

Tricks For Saving a Dead iPod

If your iPod decided to take the dirt nap, there may be a few tricks, short of buying a new one, that will put you back in tunes. Hackszine pal Sam writes: I recently discovered by 1. Simply opening your ipod 2. Disconnecting your drive 3. Turning the ipod back on and letting it boot […]

Embroidered telephone conversations

Embroidered telephone conversations

Artist Louisa Bufardeci made these embroidered telephone conversations, she writes… Warrantless, wireless, telephone tapping – how does it affect the home-sweet-homeliness of the domestic space? 13 captured telephone conversations – all one minute long captures the sense of paranoia generated by the idea that anyone could be listening in, anytime. These particular thirteen conversations are […]

Gummy bear chandelier

Gummy bear chandelier

Nat writes – This gorgeous chandelier is made out of GUMMY BEARS! Sorry for yellin’ but it’s just too cool to imagine! Artist Ya Ya Chou even says, “remains fresh even after two years after it’s made!” There’s more gummy bear art here to check out too. Gummy bear chandelier – [via] Link.