The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Letsevo has a nice write up on how-to make your own old school style skateboard. The website has a flickr photo set of the build and a PDF template to get you started in the right direction. I just finished out my latest project. A contribution for the DIY (Do it yorself) community. Since I […]
The Beijing Olympics inspired the Hong Kong LEGO Users Group to build the incredibly detailed LEGO Sport City – here’s the flickr set. They used 300,000 bricks and 4,500 mini-figures! Via Metafilter
Yet another hack of the Wii Fit’s cheap sensing board. This Maker has connected it up to the panoramas from Google’s street view so you can literally “walk” down the street of almost any mapped city in the world from the comfort of your own living room. Just be careful of the “virtual” oncoming traffic. […]
I found these little guys in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Jamie and Adam from Mythbusters, recreated as crochet toys. All of us here are fans, and I think the resemblance is pretty great.
Stacy and her Dad decided that the Wii sensor bar was a bit too visible for their liking. So what do you do? Stuff it in an old remote, of course! Dad and I were trying to build a Wireless Sensor Bar and managed to do one that is all wires and batteries. Then He […]
Tomorrow night, you can get your classic game on at Game Over Videogames’ last event of Classic Game Fest ’08. And, there’s an outdoor screening of The King of Kong, a great if somewhat sad story of the ridiculous rivalry induced by Donkey Kong addiction. Here’s the full info: Sign ups are at 8:00pm, but […]
Image courtesy Trixi As I wrestle to get my home-built pedicab legal for passengers in my fair metropolis of Austin, Texas (more on that in a later post), this article reminds me that I could have it significantly worse. My favorite part: Council Speaker Christine Quinn makes a face. “No way. I would never get […]
