Adam’s DIY DVR guide on LifeHacker – “With all the potential controversy and uncertainty surrounding TiVo firmware upgrades, the time to build your own DVR has never been better. With your own DVR, you can get all the benefits of a TiVo and more without the recurring cost for subscription. This week, I’m going to […]
Newoz writes – “Having a lot of CDs around with only a few words labeled on a silver faceplate is painful for the eyes. I have come up with an idea, for the last 2 years, of making your own CD cover by using only a few tools, a walkman, a couple of water-based or […]
Scott writes – “The Life Size Mouse Trap, a full size version of the classic Milton Bradley board game, is back for a special Tax Man show this Saturday, April 15th in San Francisco.” – Link. Related: Life Size Mouse Trap – Link.
Douglas Irving Repetto’s amazing painting machine! – “Giant Painting Machine (Milano) is a simple electro-mechanical system built largely from found parts and scrap materials. It paints complex and dynamic abstract images on four transparent walls by tracing continuous, cycling paths across large sheets of clear mylar. Because GPM is a wiggly mechanical device, the nature […]
The ten winners of the first annual retro art contest from IGN are up! – “April 10, 2006 – On March 14th, we issued a challenge to all of the aspiring artists reading IGN: create a piece of art inspired by the 8-bit era of videogaming, and you’ll have a shot at getting your creation […]
Neat – this looks like a lot of fun, a video game is projected on to a 3D structure / sculpture and you move the little character around the surfaces. More: xBlocks – Link. See it at Salone (photoset) – Link. Fabbrica del Vapore – Link. Update: Added video.
Francisco writes – “I’ve been cutting two different kinds of shapes, really kitschy holiday shapes and somewhat kitschy geometric shapes…All of these shapes are made from either dead or seriously obsolete circuit boards, pulled from various items – motherboards, hard drive/floppy/cd drive controllers, ethernet/sound/video cards, etc. Not all boards are equal – some are thinner, […]
