Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm 
I’ve been really enjoying Lisa Congdon’s new Collection a Day, 2010, and found Monday’s post of these vintage wound threads to be especially delightful. Enjoy!
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Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm 
Gareth @ MAKE points us to these cardboard toilet paper tube dioramas by Anastassia Elias.
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Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm You think the guitar you own is high tech? Well does it have a 500MHz processor? Can you even SSH into it? I thought not. This MISA - Touch Pad Digital Guitar is packed with tons of technology but thankfully it outputs MIDI so you can just jack it into your existing gear and jam […]
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Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm 
Serve these charming shortbread buttons at your next craft gathering, and you’ll be the hit of the day. Download the recipe and see the beautiful photo tutorial over on forty-sixth at grace. [via Sweet Tidings]
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Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm 
For a long time I was looking for a wall-mounted thread organization solution, but just couldn’t think of the best crafty way to make it. This tutorial by Instructables user sincerelydisregard would have been perfect!
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Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm 
Step 1 Throw the yo-yo down at s 45 degree angle.The yo-yo will spin on its side. Step 2 Grab the string with the non yo-yo hand (hand that doesn’t have the yo-yo on your finger). Step 3 Lift the non yo-yo hand upwards to about shoulder level. Step 4 Toss the yo-yo up slightly and pull with the yo-…
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Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm 
What do you want to hang on the wall? Is it a shelf? A photo? Do you have a neat magnetic organizer that needs to go up? Or just a hook for hanging your towels? No matter what you need to mount to the wall, it’s always best to do the job right, and there’s nothing better than a good drywall anchor. They come in many shapes and sizes, so follow my tips for setting 4 different types of anchors — for whatever load they might need to bear.
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Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm Adam writes to us from Melbourne, Australia:
This is seriously cool, open source, too (running Gentoo). Basically it’s a MIDI controller, built into a guitar, with a pressure-sensitive touch screen.
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Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm 
Crafter Dolin O’Shea of Lulu Bliss and frequent contributor to CRAFT has been a constant source of inspiration for me personally. Dolin recently redid her studio and we got to get a fantastic glimpse into her cozy workspace.
Read on after the jump for more photos and a Q&A with Dolin!
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Jan 21st, 2010
Blogsnapper at 01:01 pm Radio hacker and swing dancer Greg Charvot is at it again with his latest restoration, the Retro Boom Box. His local swing group was in need of a portable radio to use for impromptu Lindy Hopping, so he outfitted a 1940’s radio with modern batteries that they could use while on the run. Here’s what he has to say about it:
I hang out with swing dancers. We like to lindy bomb, where we dress up in vintage clothing and show up somewhere where there is no dancing with a boom box. We start playing an old song from the 30’s and start dancing. It can be kind of obnoxious but it is very festive. This has occurred in subway stations, at furniture stores, art festivals, and etc.
Our team was using a ‘boom box’ from the late 90’s, so i decided to upgrade to something more in the time-frame of our clothing. I found a 1946 battery powered (and AC) portable tube radio, the Olympic model 6-606. Unfortunately this radio is AM only and it requires type A filament and type B high-voltage plate batteries that are no longer available, and of course like all antique radios it needed restoration.
I restored the radio to original specifications. Then i hacked into it’s audio circuitry to create an ipod connection. There is a small toggle switch on the back so that you can select the audio source as either the AM radio or an ipod. From there i built a replacement battery pack to replace the type A and B batteries. This battery pack requires 16 batteries (costing over $30), 10 9V’s and 6 C batteries to power the radio for a reasonable amount of time.
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