The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Rob has a great Mac mod – He turned an old hifi system he got from a prop clearance from the local actor’s workshop for $10 bucks in to a rocking Mac stereo system complete with the Sonic Impact Portable T-Amp. If you like this project, in MAKE 04 we also have Mr. Jalopy’s LP-to-MP3 convertor cabinet. Link.
Joe writes “So I was sitting around thinking of what our soon-to-be-born kid should be for Halloween this year. I thought that an R2D2 costume would look pretty cute, so I decided to make an iron-on for a onsie. It turned out pretty good, so I want to share it. Print this on an iron-on transfer. Iron it on a onsie. Bam! Cheap baby costume.” Link.
If you’re looking for a free alternative to Photoshop – here’s GIMPshop – Gimp is a powerful, open source image editing application. GIMPshop is essentially the same program with some cosmetic changes to look/act more like Photoshop. Link.
Our favorite DIY news show, Rocketboom is now playing on MAKE’s virtual land in Second Life. Andrew from Rocketboom set up a video feed so each day the video will change. We also have laser beam movies, Skype payphone video, MAKE on G4 TV and other videos to collaboratively view with other residents – enjoy. Image here and land link.
Boingboing has a really clever Katamari Damacy hack…“This Livejournaller connected an oscillating fan to his PS2’s joystick in order to have repeat the same movements over and over again without intervention, enabling him to collection one million roses in the video game We Love Katamari Damacy.” [via] Link.
Monster-themed wreath for Halloween – “It’s made with fun fur, ping pong balls, a paint pen, stuffing, and lots of hot glue (I didn’t feel like sewing) It’s basically just a wreath-shaped pillow with a ribbon on the back to hang it on the door.” [
Make Flickr photo pool member Laurence writes “Two years ago, I decided to make a Lego minifig (ie: “Lego man”) costume for Halloween. The hardest part was building the head. Here’s how I did it…” 