The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Coffee lovers, take note: Celine from Have Cake, Will Travel shares her delicious-sounding recipe for Red Eye Rice Treats, a no-bake sweet made with coffee, peanut butter, and brown rice puffed cereal. It’s vegan and will keep you perky as can be! Link.
Last night at Phoenix DIY we held a soldering and basic electronics workshop. Even the absolute beginners got their kits to work; it was a great time. We made two lights blink alternatingly with a 555 timer. Thanks to Conspire Phoenix for hosting us. – Link.
Aah, explosive thermodynamics have a special way of bringing father and son closer together. Example – This utilitarian film can launcher Make Flickr member kthxema built with his son Andy. See kids? There’s that parental supervision we’re always talking about! – Link further instructions –Link Related: (non-combustible) Film Can Cannon –Link
Zakka Life writes: It is said that Mizuhiki connects the hearts of the giver to the receiver. With Valentine’s Day approaching I thought this would make a lovely gift/keepsake. Mizuhiki knots are also great to use for cards, wrapping gifts, embellishments, or even a valentine swap. To find out how to create your own Mizuhiki, […]
MIT has posted all the materials from their Playstation 3 programming course, if you’re interesting in learn how to program one or the cell processor click on through… Students will spend several weeks learning about new multicore architectures and parallel programming patterns, and will design and implement projects to run directly on the new PLAYSTATION®3 […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool, a desktop trebuchet made from coffee stirring sticks, paper clips, string, zip ties, etc. Office Supply Trebuchet – Link Related: Lazyperson’s Kaden Harris – Link The Eccentric Cubicle: The Philosophy of Improvisational Fabrication – Link From The Maker Store: Eccentric Cubicle by Kaden Harris Price: $29.99 Buy: Maker store – […]
Ryan writes in – Here’s a video tape encoding station I setup using some old gear I had laying around and a Neuros MP4 Recorder. I’m recording the tapes at 320 x 240 at super fine quality and the files produced are beautiful. As a bonus they play perfectly without conversion on both Zunes and […]
