Month: October 2006

Teaching crafts to prisoners

Whip Up’s contributor Weeks has a part one of an inspiring story up called “Handmade in Prison” about the four women who teach needlework at local prisons in the UK. Fine Cell Work is a London organization that teaches needleart crafts to about 400 prisoners in 22 prisons in England and Scotland. A truly inspiring […]

Harddrive clock

Harddrive clock

Rick from the MAKE Flickr photo pool made this clock from an old had drive… [via] – Link. Related MAKE clockery: NIXIИ-1 – Nixie clock – Link. Maker of the day – Matty Sallin, Bacon-cooking alarm clock – Link. DIY Projection clock – Link. HOW TO make a Hard Drive Clock – Link. NES Alarm […]

Crochet cat bed

Here’s a great project for cat lovers from this free pattern by Moon Arts. Make your kitty a cute and cozy crochet bed. Link. Related: Want more cat projects? Grab the first issue of CRAFT and you’ll also be able to make a Catnip Castle for your cats to scratch and climb. – Link.

DIY angle bracket laptop stand

DIY angle bracket laptop stand

MAKE Instructable group member FatPeter made this really nice laptop stand from angle brackets, he writes – “I was never that happy with using a laptop flat on the desk: it’s really bad for your posture. I looked at laptop stands and there are some nice ones, but expensive and have features like tilt and […]

Eprom Programmer – Batronix

Eprom Programmer – Batronix

Here’s a good Eprom programmer, good for folks who hack up pinball machines and need to program their chips, $80 or cheaper around the web/eBay… – “The Batronix Eprom Programmer has been developed for amateur constructors as well as small companies that need a programming device for a very affordable price but don’t want to […]