I grew up on 50-in-1, 100-in-1, 150-in-1 and I think a 200-in-1 which were electronics kits that radio shack put out that let you mock up different circuits like an alarm for your room, a crystal radio, and others. Here’s a similar kit, but for microcontrollers. I haven’t tried it out yet, but it looks […]
Judi sends us a simple tutorial on how to make your own fabric appliques from clip-art. Link.
We’ve all seen the rough tapes of the landing on the moon, but it turns out that the original tapes were of much better quality. Not long ago, Lebar learned why the footage had looked like mush: The transfer and broadcast had degraded the image badly, like a third-generation photocopy. “What the world saw was […]
Anyone who’s had to share a link to a podcast in the iTunes Store knows the painfully long URLs you’re forced to deal with (in this case, for the Make Magazine Podcast): http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=74069835 Well, over at the O’Reilly Network, Digital Media blogger David Battino uncovers a quick hack to chop it down to its essentials, […]
Mindful Craftiness has a tutorial on carving stamps using the tracing paper method. I love her basic tips for beginners to start with an image with thicker lines to make it easy to carve. Link.
Hi Crafters! The next issue of CRAFT is about to hit the newsstands on Jan 23rd! We are so excited about this issue that we can’t seem to contain ourselves! Vol 02 is themed “Creative Copies,” which just goes to show you sometimes things aren’t exactly like what they appear to be — they are […]
Jill sent in this great ball point pen chandelier by artist En Pieza, excellent way to recycle freebie pens we all collect… [via] – Link.
