HowToons and the Marshmellow Hero
A Maker in our comments writes “I made PVC marshmellow guns for my two boys this weekend. At first, they had no idea what I was doing. After my 8 year-old saw the first mini-marshmellow fly out of the tube and smack the wall, he was hooked and so was his 5 year-old brother. Thanks for helping me be a hero for $5.71 (cost for 2 guns). My oldest slept with his gun last night and was amazed that when he woke up it smelled like marshmellows. “Yup,” I said, “I love the smell of marshmellows in the morning.” The male bonding has begun. Thanks for the Make”. Link.
Want to control your Ceiva picture frame yourself? Want to send pictures to it from you local server? Hack your Ceiva picture frame to run linux and drive it from your own local linux server. 
Artwork made from chewed gum…the nascent bubble gum medium makes a strong artistic statement. Ben Harben’s work is composed of hundreds of pieces of 1-inch Dubble Bubble gum balls lovingly chewed to perfection, carefully placed on canvas panels and covered with an epoxy resin. The article has some HOW TO advice too. [
Great article for salvaging parts from a camera for robots…how-to steps for getting the SONAR unit safely out of the camera and how to modify it so you can use it in your projects. There is minimal electronics knowledge needed and in fact I got much of this information right from the “horses mouth”, Polaroid. [
Etsy is a website where people can sell anything they want, as long as it’s handmade. Etsy is a site by crafters for crafters. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for people to sell their handmade items, without the hassle of setting up an entire website and with much lower fees than eBay. Etsy is for selling anything that is handmade, from clothes to furniture to computer cases, so let your crafting run wild. [
I know there’s a lot of you costumers out there who have touted cheap and effective alternatives to traditional costuming supplies, who don’t believe that “cheap alternative” means “crappy substitute”. Many of you reading this may already be familiar with some of these tricks, or you might have your own dirty little secret about where you get your costuming supplies (and please do tell me). My personal favorite place to get costuming goods is Home Depot… 