Furoshiki how-to
Here’s an Instructable and video on Furoshiki, the Japanese art of cloth-folding to make various bags, carry-alls, and sacks. Paper, Plastic, or Furoshiki?
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Maker’s Notebook review
Nice review of The Maker’s Notebook on Duffbert’s Random Musings: Ok… this might be the most unusual book review I’ve ever done. I’m about to review a book consisting of… blank pages. Ah, but what blank pages they are! :) It’s the Maker’s Notebook by O’Reilly Publishing and the staff at MAKE magazine. I was […]
ogi lumen + open source tools for neon, nixie tubes and LEDs
James writes in – This pretty cool: a modular nixie driver kits that let you gang up a whole bunch of nixies in a row. The site has a really beautifully illustrated assembly guide too, A+ on the documentation. I’m thinking this would be perfect for a nixie clock or a giant, mile long display […]
HOW TO – Make a Floor Loom
Simone from Crafty Daisies tips us off to this great guest entry by Bree of Hot Tea Apparel, who shows us how to build a floor loom for weaving. I love the idea of using this to make rugs from recycled, cut-up fabrics, t-shirts, plastic bags, and more. Related: • HOW TO – Make a […]
Multitool keys
If you carry a lot of keys and don’t like that jingle-jangle in your pocket or on your ‘biner, this may be the solution. Instructables user pyro22 figured out how to embed keys in a mini multitool. Leave the tools you want, replace the others with keys! And, of course, you still have your pliers. […]
Powerizing a hex key
Here’s a simple trick for turning a freebie hex kit into a hex bit for a power drill. Of course, as many people point out in the item’s comments, you can get cheap hex bit sets in hardware and home stores. Hack the hex [via Lifehacker]
Last Hope picksets
Toool has designed two laser-engraved lock picksets to commemorate the 7th and final Hackers On Planet Earth conference – It is called ‘the last hope’ emergency pickset, and the main idea is to carry it in your wallet. You will most likely use it when you lost your keys, or when you are assisting others […]
