Mark made a 2 level cat bed from an old desk chair, good use for an old chair that might get tossed I suppose – here’s how you can make your own… So, I had this old chair taking up space and I have 2 cats who insist on being in the office when I […]
Heather Bailey (pictured above) shows us her technique for making easy thread knots with this tutorial. Little techniques like these for sewing, quilting, or embroidery will keep your finished work together and looking great. Link. Cassi Griffin of Bella Dia chooses not to knot and has her own special technique up as a tutorial on […]
Jens writes – “Bicycam is a very simple camera mount for bikes made out of a bike bell.” – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Francois Schnell posted up a ton of example/screenshots from “Liberlab” an open source lab project – “The Open Source project Liberlab aims to help democratize educational scientific experimentation through the creation and use of a DIY digital lab at a very low price ($20). Liberlab can also be used to […]
Our pals from Big Blue Saw made an awesome MAKE cradle for their RAZR phone! Simon writes – I love my Motorola RAZR phone. It has the best form factor ever devised for a mobile telephone and the fit and finish are excellent. Unfortunately, owning a RAZR has its problems, too. Without a docking cradle, […]
They weren’t kidding! Here it is – a Flash / SWF render / player for the PSP, made for, and by, the PSP homebrew community! – “The current version supports most action script through version 7 and runs on 1.5 only. We are currently testing for 2.x PSPs and will announce when it is working […]
On page 112 of MAKE Volume 05 (“How to Build a Power Tap”), we ran an illustration that could cause some confusion as well as a tripped circuit breaker. The illustration does not match the instructions (which are correct). The illustration shows a dual plug receptacle, which, when wired improperly, can cause a short circuit. If you attach the wires from the extension cord to the screws on the same side of the receptacle, it will create a short circuit. Don’t do that. Instead, follow the instructions and attach a wire to “each side of the electrical outlet.”
