One of the great things about Maker Faire is the opportunity to meet clever people and their fascinating projects. Often you have a conversation with a person who is highly skilled in an area you have never really considered before. This was the case when I met up with Jerry Etheridge of the North Texas […]
Lifehacker has figured out which DIY projects people viewed most on their site over the last year. Here’s video of my favorite: And here’s the full top 10: DIY Invisible Floating Bookshelf DIY Camera Stabilizer On-the-Cheap Backyard Shed Turned Home Office Set Up Cheap Ambient Lighting with Rope Lights Build Your Own Wire Photo Wall […]
Inspired by the TV series Numb3rs, instructables user johnpombrio worked with his son on this glass dry erase board. He writes: This instructable will show how to build a glass whiteboard that will never wear out and never ghost. The size I made mine was 28 inches by 54 inches and was NOT made to […]
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Flickr member mskogly built this long-legged vibrobot complete with potentiometer nose – Made this cute litle vibrobot today, with some spare parts. Got inspired by an old Makezine article, and decided to smack it together. It turned out pretty cool actually, I made the potentiometer its nose, so when you […]
Wouldn’t it be awesome to have an ice rink in your back yard? Instructables user Instructors writes: For 3 years now my family has been putting up a homemade ice rink in our backyard. The method was a very simple one only requiring a flat area, some PVC, a large plastic tarp, along with some […]
Instructables user bwitmer writes: Here is how I built my own combination cider and cheese press. After a great apple harvest this year, I was inspired to obtain my own cider press. However, after pricing one and seeing that they cost exactly one arm and one leg to purchase I started thinking about building one […]
Show Me How: 500 Things You Should Know Derek Fagerstrom, Lauren Smith & the Show Me Team Collins Design, $24.95 I wanted to like this book more than I did. Don’t get me wrong, overall, it’s pretty darn cool. I’m a big fan of both creative information design and comics, and the two forms are […]
