Hand shadows
Here’s a fun ebook from project Gutenberg – Hand Shadows To Be Thrown Upon The Wall by Henry Bursill – Link.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
iPod in Linux – Banshee
I haven’t tried this, but it looks like a good way to manage an iPod if you’re on Linux… – “With Banshee you can easily import, manage, and play selections from your music collection. Banshee allows you to import CDs, sync your music collection to an iPod, play music directly from an iPod, create playlists […]
Indie Craft Documentary
Faythe Levine and Micaela O’Herlihy are making a documentary about the new wave of craft. To support their efforts they need donations and also are selling their spiffy looking t-shirts up on etsy. Everyone who supports their indie film through donations or sales will have their name in the credits of their movie. From the […]
Solderless robotic kit
Jessica writes – “SheekGeek sells a robotic kit that can be built entirely using a plug and play mentality. No soldering is required! Now “Makers” too young to solder can build their very own light following robots!” – Link. Related: MAKE 06, robotics issue – Link. Tons of robotics projects – Link.
DIY Multi-player chess game
MAKE pal BF5man sent in this DIY multi-player chess game that you can make yourself, anyone play it? – “Duchess is a board game similar to Chess but which is played by two teams of two or three people. The game provides an opportunity for Chess enthusiasts and novices alike to develop new skills in […]
Simple laptop sun-shade
Rachel sent in the simplest way to cut down the glare when you need to use your laptop outside – “How to make your own really cheap (or free) laptop sun shade. This is a tutorial (pretty self-explanatory though) that I made for solving the age-old problem (for me at least) of trying to be […]
HOW TO – Build a tensegrity coffee table
Justin writes – “Here’s how to build a tensegrity coffee table. I was searching for pvc furniture pipe and luckily stumbled across this site.” – Link. Related: Building Tensegrity Models – Make a “needle tower” sculpture from dowels and elastic cord that seems to defy the laws of physics. MAKE 06 – Page 100.
