Yesterday BoingBoing posted about this set of photos at Flickr – apparently of a home built machine for creating photographic film. The prospect of hobbyists filling in when industries die is intriguing. Is craft-brew 35mm film in our future? The processing of Kodachrome is more complicated, but hopefully someone is on that project, somewhere….
Watching this TED talk made me aware of how rarely I think about the sky. I spend so much time indoors, and even if I go outside at night, it is only to hope in a car and drive somewhere. No looking up. So, I plan to figure out how to make a simple astrolabe, [...]
Found via LifeHacker. I need to check out this site – if there are more videos like this, I am a new fan. Iphone Paper Dock / Stand from Dessine moi un objet on Vimeo.
Need speakers, but all you have are earbuds for your iPod? A wee bit of tape and two sheets of paper are all the materials you need. It took me about ten minutes to make these, and they are at least as loud as the built in speakers on my iPhone.
Like most American corporations, Windows Vista is the standard issue on the laptops at the company I work for. I won’t go into a rant about it – let’s just say it isn’t what I normally use at home. When I do bring my laptop home so I can work, I sometimes witness a kind [...]
“Craft electronics, if I may crib a term from the American brewing industry…” Joel Johnson minted this phrase in an article about the CrunchPad over at boingboing.net. Interesting comparison really. If small manufacturers can create niche products and sustain themselves, what might the future of our gadget use look like? Johnson mentions the Chumby. When [...]
I needed a way to attach my keys to my backpack. I had a number of these cable clamps cluttering my house, and had started using one of the smaller size ones to attach my keys to things. However, when the clamp was open, the keys and the clamp were likely to become separated. My [...]