Month October 2006

Chicago, Cool stuff, Electronic Music, Geek

Ruins of Cabrini Green public housing turned into a giant flute

Chicago’s public housing project made famous by its newsworthy gang-fueled violence and criminal activity has finally been demolished, but the high-rise husks still standing in its semi-demolished state have become unintentional wind instruments. A strangely appropriate, unintentional art installation for…

Liz
October 31, 2006

General

Splatterbot: a DIY hack-n-slash bot you can make for Halloween fun

Just download, print, cut out and assemble this robot-on-a-rampage for hours of attacking and mauling with your new friend (of the somewhat gentle sort, seeing as he’s made out of paper). The Splatterbot has a waist that twists, the arms…

Liz
October 23, 2006

Cool stuff, Fashion & Jewelry, Geek

DIY dot matrix wrist cuffs

Use dot matrix fonts and make a DIY-slogan wrist cuff just by grabbing an X-acto and popping out perforated dots on this cool leather cuff. Choose from any of the geek phrases supplied on the provided downloadable templates, like APACHE,…

Liz
October 19, 2006