The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Extremetech shows you how to make a quieter PC – “Killer gaming rigs are one thing, but we’re getting a little weary of the noise a lot of these high-end systems make. So we set out to build a high-performance, but quiet, gaming system…” – [via] Link.
Another quiet PC build, this one is a home theater – “There are a lot of Digital Video Recorders on the market right now, some cable and satellite companies will give you one with their service for a small fee. Unfortunately, most of them come with low amounts of storage, sometimes only 20 or 30 […]
This movie was made entirely in Second Life, and every object you see was made by a person, even the cameras are scriptable objects. There’s a lot of machinima and DIY film making going on, so if you’re interested with what’s possible with this “tool” of sorts check it out. I really want to play […]
Shawn Bonkowski sent in these wonderful photos and write up from the Floor It! project that he developed with Mike Albers – Link. Idea/Problem/Context The idea was to create a compelling competitive experience for boys 7-10 years old. We were interested in creating a bridge between physical and virtual play. The solution needed to be […]
We love SketchUp – at Macworld 2006 we gave it “Best of Show” and on Pi day 3/14 (ironic!) they were acquired by Google – congrats gang! Link. Download the free trial here and get making! – Link. Pictured here, a very cool house drawing from Alvaro Carnicero from the “Sketchup” tag on Flickr – […]
Join MAKE at the blog for live blogging on American Inventor, if you’re on IRC hit irc.freenode.net and join #make if you want to chat with other Makers as the show airs. I’m not sure what to expect, MAKE covered the auditions and a lot of the new Maker-made sites afterwards but it’s still a […]
Great write up and links to a lot of fun (and free) games – “Each year some of the hottest independent games are featured at the Independent Games Festival (IGF) during the Game Developers Conference. GDC kicks off next week, and we’ll be there in full force. But before things get heavy, GameSpy and FilePlanet […]
