“The Next Big Thing” Audio show with a Maker who built his own roller coaster – “Over the tool shed, under the elm tree, and around the rose bushes – all in 30 seconds. It’s the “Blue Flash,” a homemade roller coaster John Ivers constructed in his backyard.” – Thanks Chris! Link.
Josh Bloom sent us a great mini how to on converting an old rotary phone for use as a cell phone “handset”. Link.
Here’s a huge list of things you can do with liquid nitrogen, including how to make ice cream with it. My other favorites on the list seems like a really messy prank (but MAKE pal Rob seems to have debunked it)- “Freeze a can of shaving cream and then peel the can away from the […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Guero Loco writes – “This was a lamp I built out of 25 small electroluminescent panels and some acrylic sheet. It’s a “test project” for learning how these EL panels work and getting ideas for the next one… There are also some shots of a “barber pole” type light made […]
MAKE author Mister Jalopy talks about the joys of garage sales and photographs a slice of time trapped inside a Skippy jar – “This exquisite jar is the Navarro toolbox of blue sky dreaming. It is skinned knees and tiddlywinks from the post-war era of unlimited potential and knowing superiority. This jar houses the collected […]
It’s never to early to start planning for Halloween, Scaryhouse writes – “This is a massive and ever growing list of home haunt, semi-pro haunt, and other Halloween related projects…There really are a lot of haunters out there building great art out of garbage.” Link. Pictured here, our haunted house controller from MAKE volume 03.
Here’s how to make “light graffiti” out of disposable digital cameras – once the camera is modded it will display images/words automatically and run for about 2 days. [via] Link.
