Here’s a fantastic Flickr group with old Halloween postcards, decorations and photos from the 1800s to the 1960s – [via] – Link. Here’s Pumpkin Man, what’s going on here? Related: Halloween, MAKE-style – Link. Halloween archives – Link.
Safebreaking – is a concise history of British safes and safe cracking – “This is a condensed history of the British safe, the development of which came about mainly as the safemaker’s response to the Victorian cracksmen whose skill and ingenuity with basic handmade tools was quite admirable. By the turn of the Century, as […]
Ansley has been collecting pressed pennies for ages and put them together to create a modern day charm bracelet. Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Steven and Sarah write – “Exploring micro-controllers with the Arduino NG development system. Seen here running in standalone mode with a 9V battery. Arduino makes embedded programming fun and easy by bringing together a clean and simple hardware and software development environment. Here, I’m messing with reading analog input from […]
From the MAKE Blog: Fred sent in this great Rubiks cube costume along with how to make your own, he writes – “I made this for my Halloween costume last year, and figured people might be interested in doing it themselves for this season. “ – Link. More: Costume projects and more – Link.
B. Zedan says, “A step-by-step tutorial on making paper in your kitchen, no fancy press required. Lots of notes on the photos for advice and help. I made this tutorial a year ago and since I’ve had people from all over tell me they used it to make paper for the first time (and they’ve […]
InterFlight studio has an incredible collection of coffee tables made from jet engines, wings, bombs, wings and other aviation parts – pictured here, the F4 phantom table! [via] – Link. Related: DIY Jet engine mirror – Link.
