Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl’s Guide to Handmade Jewelry by Jennifer Perkins Buy the Book ($11.55) Naughty Secretary Club Stitch Austin Craft Mafia Jennifer Perkins‘ jewelry company Naughty Secretary Club is a major fixture of the indie craft scene and it’s easy to see why. Her hyper-colorful, supremely kitschy creations are so unmistakably hers, […]
If you’re interested in building an analog synthesizer then the VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) circuit is the best place to start. Oscillators form the core of the instrument, generating basic waveforms which are then shaped and shifted by accompanying components like LFOs, VCAs, and filters and then delivered to our ears as tasty electronic audio […]
Robotsrule has a giant review of the new Femisapien robot, for $99 it’s look worth it for the parts, sensors and learning interface alone… For me the posing interface is the most powerful and fun method of playing with Femisapien. As you can see in the accompanying video review, you can create a Femisapien dance […]
Apartment Therapy Re-Nest helps you recycle your socks and weave them into a potholder.
The latest Citzien Scientist has a great review of TThe Chemical History of a Candle Michael Faraday. Mike writes… Michael Faraday, a man with little formal education, is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time. He is also considered the father of electrical engineering. During the Christmas holidays of 1860 and 1861, […]
Sweater Surgery: How to Make New Things with Old Sweaters by Stefanie Girard Buy on Amazon Sweater Surgery blog I recently got my hands on a copy of Sweater Surgery, the new book by Stefanie Girard; it’s literally “how to make new things with old sweaters.” I never knew there were so may creative things […]
“OSD-glitcher”, (Klomp, 2006, 2007) Interview/Article by Jonah Brucker-Cohen In the multifarious world of circuit bending outdated audio and video sampling devices, there is a strong community of artists and makers who are pushing the envelope on their designs with each new incarnation of their work. One of these impresarios is Dutch artist and maker, Karl […]
