While in Sunnyvale, I had to stop into the Weird Stuff Warehouse. They recycle and resell tons of old technology. Employees Grady and Jonathan showed me around and took me behind the scenes to show me some of their mad scientist projects. If you live in the bay area, this place is worth a field […]
Here are a just of a few of the great projects, posts and articles Natalie is rocking out on the CRAFT blog. Pictured here, our CRAFT Pattern Podcast (PDF) pattern on making Felt Pillows from the new book Craftivity by Tsia Carson. We started sending out thousands of patterns via RSS/iTunes since launch, it’s a […]
Check out this bluetooth controlled Lego car! – Thanks – Link
Volume 8 of MAKE features pinball machine restoration in its Toys and Games section. In this Maker File, we visit the Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Arcadium in Alameda, California. Michael Schiess is the proprietor of Lucky Ju Ju, and a group of us went there to check out the place and take some photograph of […]
I am loving all the cool entries for this months Whiplash contest on Alt Crafts. Here’s another real cool submission by Karrie of Girl on Rocks, who basically unwound an old mixed cassette tape and knit it into this cool-looking iPod cozy. Wowza! Link.
Peter Green sent in his tiny mac portable mod, it’s a tablet too… – “Hi, here’s my latest MMP – it’s the WORLDS SMALLEST & LIGHTEST Mac Laptop/plamtop/UMPC made from a Mac Mini Core Solo 1.5!” – Link. Related: Case design – Link. Internal electronics – Link. More Mac mini mods – Link.
I am never able to wind my yarn into nice balls where you can easily pull from the center of the ball to knit. They end up rolling all over the place. Here’s a great photo step-by-step on how to wind up your skeins of yarn properly using a toilet paper roll as a base. […]
