HOW TO – Make an Apple puck-mouse/keyboard coat rack
Stuporglue writes – “Got a couple of those awful Apple puck-mice in your closet? It’s time to make a coat rack. Construction time is ~2 hours, plus glue drying time.” – Link.
Month: August 2006
HOW TO – make your own devil sticks
Dustin writes – “This article describes the simple process of how to make your own Devil Sticks. The only materials you need are wood dowels and hockey tape, and it should take well under an hour.” – Link.
Sixteen-Point digital compass
Mac writes – “I wanted to add a digital compass to my robot, as part of my dead reckoning experiments. I only had four bits for input to read a compass. The Dinsmore 1490 uses four bit to report eight compass points, which is inefficient (three bits are sufficient). While the Dinsmore 1490 is inexpensive […]
Wood glasses
Scott Urban’s handmade wooden eyeglass frames – [via] – Link & Etsy shop.
Print photo books from Flickr…
Awhile back I wrote about the surprise book and poster I received in the mail from Flickr – and now the service that lets you print your photos to a book/poster is live (beta). $15.95 for a perfect-bound book or $9.99 for a poster. For the books you can do all photos, sets and by date. There are lots of options for layout too- could make a nice gift. Link.
Macgyver 2008 – for president
MAKE doesn’t get political, but we’re backing one candidate in 2008 I think we can all agree on. In times of great need, the people look for a great man to show them the way and lead them to a brighter future. Look no more America, that man is here. “Human nature. I do something nice for you, you do something nice for me, like not kill me. Next thing you know, we’re friends.” – Macgyver. Link.
The PlaySphere – Modded PS2
Cool mod- The PlaySphere is a PS2 mod that transforms a regular PS2 into a bowling ball shaped gaming console. I really like the aesthetic and the pics on the site that show exactly how a PS2 actually fits into the sphere are amazing. The best part of this was that Sony actually sponsored the mod, as it was done as part of a PS2 modding contest in Ireland. [via] Link.
