The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Here’s a cheap way to decorate with detergent and a black light for halloween… Tetranitrate writes – “All that is needed is a blacklight and some uv paint. A cheap substitution for the paint is liquid laundry detergent; I used tide with bleach alternative, but almost any kind will do. Laundry detergent glows under UV […]
Sarah of Pink of Perfection visits Beatrice of the shop Red Hook in Brooklyn to show us how to reupholster a 50’s dinette chair. Thanks Sebastian! Link.
Ok Makers, here’s an example of something you shouldn’t buy, rather re-MAKE… – it’s an arcade costume, but it doesn’t work, you can’t play games on it… So, if you’re looking for ideas for a cool costume, why not MAKE an arcade costume?… [via] – Link. A LCD panel, a small laptop and all the […]
Ok, forgot those -other- ways of carving pumpkins, I know what you want, you want extreme pumpkin carving… At what point did the carving of pumpkins turn into a “cute” event? When did boys stop carving pumpkins and moms start? Where did we lose touch with one of the years coolest events? Today we will […]
If you are in the Seattle area during Oct 6th through Nov 2nd, don’t miss the plush event of the year with the the Plush You exhibit at Schmancy (1932 Second Ave, Seattle, WA 98101). The show will feature the plush designs of A LOT of amazing crafters and designers. Don’t miss it! Link.
Here’s a great homemade Commodore 64 joystick made from wood! Matthias writes – “My motivation for this little hack, like many other hacks, was not so much the novelty of building one, but avoiding the expense of buying one. Having a Commodore 64, and not wanting to spend money buying a joystick, I started experimenting […]
The (2^(30402457) – 1)th dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 4th, 2006, at 7pm at Location One in SoHo. – Link. Rob Seward: The CONSCIOUSNESS FIELD RESONATOR The CFR is a device based on ESP research performed at Princeton University. It is designed so the owner can have a personal experience of the […]
