Stilt bike
Tall bike from the 30’s – Link. Related: Bicycle how-tos, mods and more – Link.
Retro
“What-Is-It” gathers cushion data
This is how they took measurements to determine what would be a good seat cushion size for cars in the 40’s – Link.
Mechanical secrets of movie gorillas
Here’s a little bit about how they made movie gorillas from Modern Mechanix 1933 – handy if you’re going to (re)make a costume – Link.
The Engineer Online – 150 years
The Engineer Online published selected works from the past 150 years, check out the “telephone” from 1877 Electricity has been fruitful with its wonders, and we can hardly be called prophets if we say it will be still more so in the future. We are at present only on the threshold of discovery, we know […]
Commodore64 Hardball bracelets
Joe Beuckman’s Commodore64 beadwork – “A series of square-stitch bracelets based on the audience graphics from the Commodore64 game Hardball” [via] – Link.
Ice bikes
Over in the MAKE forums Bf5man put together a nice collection of ice bikes – “There’s some challenges as biking on ice or snow that just call for creative solutions. I was looking for some pictures of bikes with rear tracks and here’s some funny bikes i’ve came across. It might inspire some makers! The […]
HOW TO – Make incredible pictures (without Photoshop)
Old camera tricks from pre-PhotoShop/GiMP days – Link.
