500 experiments and more – Exploratorium
The Exploratorium has hundreds of simple experiments, hands on activities, projects and things to make! [via] Link.
Month: February 2006
The Chemical Formulary
One more old book from Cpikas! – “The Chemical Formulary – about 15 volumes from 1933 to 1957 with recipes for everything from pyrotechnics to vegetable soup! Includes recipes for hair pomade and flares… Very, very cool… The Chemical Formulary: Collection of Commercial Formulas for Making Thousands of Products in Many Fields – Amazon.
The Foxfire Book Series
Cpikas posted up about a great looking book series- “The coolest old books — the Foxfire series. Everything from log cabin building to dressing a pig. It’s all Appalachian crafts.” Link. The Foxfire Book : Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining […]
Simple iPod sock mod
Here’s a simple mod for iPod socks, add a couple of buttons and keep the earbuds cord in place Link. See previous iPod sock hackery here.
DIY Make box
Matt used the box art we are giving to MAKE subscribers and made his own MAKE box (that was fast!) – he writes “I chopped up the wrap PDF with PS to print on 2 8.5 x 11 inch cardstock. Cut, folded and then put together with clear tape.” Link to photos Previously: How to […]
Letters without envelopes, cutting or glue
Here’s a fun site that pops out a PDF for letter writing without envelopes, cutting or glue – “All you need to send one is a printer, an A4 or Letter-sized sheet of paper and a stamp. The letter is the envelope! It holds itself closed, secured by the stamp – so it doesn’t even […]
Museum of Radio and Electricity
MAKE Flickr photo pool member csc934 has a photo set of his visit to American Museum of Radio and Electricity, certain to generate a lot of project ideas, he writes – “This was a neat museum in Bellingham, WA USA. They were very helpful. The theremin was fun to play. Many of the displays looked […]