One year ago iTunes added podcasts, and while it’s not the only way to get the audio and video from MAKE a lot of Makers use it – Apple put together their picks for pioneering podcasts and MAKE is one of them! We do like to try different things, from enhanced podcasts, to video, to […]
Ben’s L.E.D. Marquee – “The design is relatively straight-foreward.One of the 555’s set the rate you wish the individual LED’s to turn on ( and off). I set this at a 50% duty cycle so it looked like the “spelling” of the word looked uniform. The other 555 sets the rate at which the turn […]
Jeff writes – “In some sense I’m using computer technology to both block out the sun and help me sleep in. With a box of old computer punch-cards, a used vertical blinds assembly, and some needle and thread I fashioned a device to help me in my ongoing battle against my bodies desire to wake-up. […]
Check out these blinged out computer accessories from Berlin, thanks Arwen!
It’s DIY Pong day it seems, Rob writes – “Stuffing a Sony Watchman with a full PONG game system – You will need a Sony watchman and an AY-3-8500-1 chip- the latter can be pulled from almost any non-Atari pong game. This would be cool with almost any battery-powered portable TV.” – Link.
Fritzgutten has the best file server ever, a Banana Jr. 6000 – Link.
Splityarn added her finished skull oven mitts to the CRAFT flickr pool and we love them! The mitts are made from a pattern in Denyse Schmidt Quilts book (which I highly recommend). If you want to make your own, here’s a free oven mitt pattern and a selection of skull fabric to choose from. Link.
