Cardboard laptop case
UK designer Giles Miller makes these laptop cases (and a number of furniture pieces) from recycled cardboard. I love the way he’s altered the corrugations to create designs in the cardboard. Corrugated Cardboard Laptop Case
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Recent Maker’s Notebook hacks
MyrddinTheGeek needed a cover for his Kindle: The Kindle 2 unfortunately doesn’t come with a cover so I made one with a makers notebook. I cored out the pages to the thickness of the kindle. Now I have a hard sided cover a few extra pages for notes and all the reference pages in the […]
Wiimote Leveltool
Can’t find your bubble/spirit level? No prob. Just download this software and install it on your Wii and use your Wiimote as a level. Leveltool
“Get Excited and Make Things” poster
By way of Boing Boing and Treehugger comes this wonderful take on the famous British “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters from WWII and the more recent, less positive, versions such as “Now Panic and Freak Out” and “Panic and Run Away.” This is more our cup of tea. I love the crescent wrench crown. […]
Cop pants for geeks/makers
Like most geeks, I have specific needs for tools I carry on my person. I must have a pocket on my shirt (including t-shirts) for a Moleskine Cahier, a Hipster PDA, and a Varsity fountain pen, and pants pockets for earbuds and wallet, belt with iPhone and Leatherman Wave, etc. So I can relate to […]
How-To: Ultimate helping hands
Wow, I’ve never seen an electronics station helping hands setup as extravagant as this one by instructables user mblasberg: Need a Hand? This is a mashup of several very clever instructables and an Article from MAKE. While soldering and working on circuits I was having a lot of trouble holding wires/components for soldering and also […]
Yudu Screen Printing Video Review
Handmade Detroit did this awesome video review of the Yudu screen printing machine. It has a hefty pricetag, but this video review has even me convinced that it it might be worth it. Via Core77.
