The Etsy Texas street team is coming out this month to sell their wares If you’re in the Brooklyn neighborhood come on by EtsyLabs (325 Gold St., Brooklyn, NY) for some fresh Texas goods! Friday Sept. 28 from 6pm-8pm and Saturday Sept. 29 from 1pm-9pm. The Texas Street Team is giving away door prizes and representing over 40 Etsy sellers from Texas. For more info, check out The Storque. Link.
Dale just put together some stills and audio from Robodock 2007. The 10th Robodock Arts & Technology Festival took place recently in Amsterdam. Featuring hundreds of artists either inside an old shipbuilding warehouse or outside on the docks of North Amsterdam, Robodock offered a spellbinding mix of mechanical marvels coupled with performance art. View it here or get the MP4. Also check out Robodock 2007 photo round up from Laughing Squid / Scott Beale (PharPhoto above).
Previous Maker Files:
The Maker File: Punkin Chunkin 2006, Part two… - Link.
I always love peeking into other’s craft spaces to see how they organize their space. Adorn takes a visit to The Small Object and I love her vintage library card catalog turned into craft organizer! See more photos of her little drawers and compartments galore at the Adorn Blog. Link.
I hate clutter. But like every other media and tech junkie, my world is awash in print and recorded media and gadgets with cables, lots and lots of cables. Unclutterer is designed for those of us who want to have it both ways: neat and tidy and totally wired. They have lots of tips and tricks for hiding cords, charging stations, media centers (and the media that feed them), etc. In the above vid, they show how to use a cheap towel rack to get all of those cords off the ground behind your entertainment center.
Check out the great moon photos from MAKE Flickr photo pool member monopole2006 shot with a 127mm 1000mm FL Maksutov (Orion Starmax 127) w/ a 26 mm eyepiece Afocal imaging w/ a Nikon Coolpix 990 - Link.
Need some clandestine storage space that’s within reach of your PC but hidden from prying eyes? Here’s a tutorial on stashing an HD inside of a USB-equipped uninterrupted power supply (UPS).
Here’s a cool looking cut and paste collage by sjef.nu, made from a vintage issue of National Geographic. You can also download a PDF of this as a high res A3 poster. Link.
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has teamed up with Because We Can to create two awesome interactive LED coffee tables with hundreds of LEDs in the tops that respond to motion. Because We Can is selling completed tables for $1800 to $2500. EMS Labs is selling the LED tabletop kits (you provide the table and endless hours of soldering) for $350 or $450 (depending on the number of LED panels).
Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits! - Link
Don’t miss the Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair happening this Sunday, Sept 30 from 10am - 5pm at Marie Reed Learning Center (18th & Wyoming) in the hip Adam Morgan neighborhood of Washington DC. Take a look at the vendor gallery to see all the cool handmade wares that will be on hand at the fair. For more information, visit the Crafty Bastards site. Link.
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