One of the highlights of the Faire for me was seeing Steve Davee’s work-in-progress Maker’s Notebook hacks. He’s adding a binary page indexing system with a conductive bookmark and LEDs on the cover that tell you where the marker is in the book. He also has plans to solarize the book and to add an […]
Above are some are the hacked Maker’s Notebook we have on display at Maker Faire Austin. The top one has a computer keyboard membrane on the cover and uses the membrane’s ribbon connector as a latch closure. The magnetic catch and metal strip can be seen in the second image. The third image is Marc […]
In response to my tool tips posts a few days ago, Chris Steiner sent in these pics and info on the organizing bins and tool holders he built from copper pipe and some mounting hardware. I can’t stop thinking about ways to use the vast amount of copper pipe scrap that I have lying around. […]
One of the many wonderful things about editing The Best of Instructables was getting to delve deeper into the content on the site and getting to know (or at least the work of) some of the characters that make Instructables their virtual workshop. One such person is Tim Anderson (who I mainly knew of from […]
I’m fascinated by “street tech,” by how people actually use tools and technologies in ways their designers never intended. I’m also fascinated by improvisation, of all kinds. As a result, I’m slightly obsessed with tool tips, those funky, ingenious, and “why didn’t I think of that?” ways that people use (and abuse) the tools in […]
$50 and Up Underground House Book – Underground Housing and Shelter via Cool Tools (review). The $50 & Up Underground House Book teaches how to build the lowest cost, most sunshine-filled, best ventilated and driest underground houses of all. It teaches how to incorporate greenhouses, root cellars and fallout shelters into an underground home. It […]
Nice skakeboard grip tape pattern made with subhead anti-slip stickers via BB. Usually used for slippery areas, designer Jesse Milden has a lot of nice patterns for keeping humans upright.
