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Michael writes “How to make an (electrical) cable release for the Canon Digital Rebel and how to trip the camera’s shutter with your computer’s serial port. Applicable also to some other Canons (e.g., Digital Rebel XT).” – Link.
The National Needle Arts Association (TNNA) is proud to announce a new program – Stitch N’ Pitch! Building on the success at the Seattle Mariners last year, the Stitch N’ Pitch event has been structured into a formal program. Partnering with individual baseball clubs, TNNA is helping to bring two American traditions together — Baseball […]
Monopole writes “This is a telescope constructed from the combination of a Russian “Tourist-FL” eyepiece which accepts M42 (a.k.a. Pentax/Universal) manual screw mount lenses a 2x teleconverter and a Russian Lytkarino 3M-5CA 8/500(f/8 500mm)Maksutov Catadioptric Lens.. I constructed it for less than $100 using surplus and parts obtained over eBay. The resulting telescope has an […]
Whip Up has collected links to some great crafting videos, anything from simple techniques to fun craft projects. There seems to be more and more popping up with the advent of video podcasting so we’ll be sure to keep on the look out. Here’s a crochet video from NexStitch and a cool video from Scrapbooking […]
Casey Dougherty has added a couple of great photos to the CRAFT Flickr Pool of her refashioned Maker Faire tote bag that’s now a cool looking messenger bag. Look inside too to see a close up of the braided wires on the strap. Pure genius! The full how-to tutorial is here on Instructables so you […]
Phone booths are a thing of the past, reserved more for decor (stylishly red in London) or more for comic book super-heroes. Today, all of us are exposed numerous times throughout the day to others’ (aka strangers) private phone conversations while we are innocently waiting for the metro, walking on the sidewalk, or even while […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Ehgradman is making velocity aware LED “Poi” – Poi comes from New Zealand’s Maori people, weighted balls are spun around, usually with ribbons on the end, adding super bright LEDs that change color / brightness based on speed sounds awesome, this looks like a great project! Link.
