I drew Adam Flaherty for my MAKE Secret Santa. Here he is pictured toasting with Marc de Vinck at FOO camp. He’s a gadget enthusiast, and when I ran into him in the O’Reilly parking lot in Sebastopol, CA last week, he was holding a 2-liter bottle solar lantern – it looked like a bottle of light, and I’m excited to see him document his build based on this previous post.
This time of year, I’m always on the lookout for gift ideas that would be perfect for both men and women, so this camera strap with lens cap pocket tutorial from Vanessa at Little Big Girl Studio immediately caught my eye. The look and style can be completely customized to fit any personality by choosing […]
This DIY wool camera wrap is the coolest camera bag I have ever seen! I love how you can so easily customize it for your camera, since they’re all such different shapes. Love!
This beautiful little gadget dates to the 1920s, and is known as Kaufmann’s Posographe. The linkages, of course, are hidden inside. The linked site, above, includes a patent illustration that shows how they work.
This holiday season, give your friends and family the gift of DIY memories with a little help from Shutterfly! This time of year, it seems like visits from friends and family become more frequent, and there’s always a new excuse to gather together for parties, meals, and celebrations. And, if your loved ones are anything […]
Decent mobile tools for creative professionals are slowly starting to appear. Graphics powerhouse Adobe recently released a set of touch focused apps targeting Android tablets that appear to take advantage of the format. This first group of six tools, called Adobe Touch Apps, include a vector drawing app, raster photo app, color palette explorer app, presentation app, moodboard app, and wireframing app.
My friend Jeff Wilson alerted me to this awesomely large Lomo-styled photo booth his colleague Matt Frank built for his wedding. The camera-shaped enclosure houses a Mac running PhotoBooth, a monitor for instant feedback, halogen lighting, and a hacked Easy button sending serial commands (via Arduino) to the computer. He has an excellent how-to here […]
