Hacks

Bamboo bike frame

Bamboo bike frame

This DIY bamboo frame is absolutely beautiful. Appropriate, since it appears to have hand crafted with love for a significant other. Aaron writes: The ride quality is TOTALLY SWEET! I realize that I have a bit of a bias, but truthfully I have ridden very few bikes that felt nicer. The bike seems to float […]

Embed high-res Youtube videos

Here’s an example of a normal embedded Youtube video, borrowed from Patti Schiendelman’s Gakken Mechamo Inchworm post. Back in march, it was discovered that when you view a video directly on Youtube, you could add a “&fmt=18” to the URL to enable a higher quality, higher resolution stream which is encoded with the H.264 codec. […]

Make cake in a mug

Make cake in a mug

Wired’s how-to wiki gives us “Cake in a Mug,” perhaps the greatest thing to come to the microwave since peep jousting: You’re working at home and your mind starts to wander to snack possibilities. There are probably some prepackaged, good-until-the-next-millennium baked items in your cabinet, but you’re in the mood for something warm from the […]