Etsy has about 400,000 active sellers each year. What's going to make your shop or items stand out amongst the others? Read more in this article about How to Make Money on Etsy http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/05/sell-handmade-crafts-on-etsy.html
via Phillip Bloom & Engadget & Variety When SNL DP Alex Buono saw Philip Bloom's Dublin's People short he was so impressed he decided to shoot the entire 35th Season Opening Sequence on the 7D.
Tiny Furniture directed by, written and starring Lena Durham. Film shot on 7D wins SxSW juried “best film” prize
There's an old joke that shooting with available light meant using every light available on the truck. Fortunately, with Canon's new generation of HD capable DSLR's, the term "available light" means what it ought to. Vince LaForet's work with HDDSLR cameras is a great example of using both ambient and specular light present at locations in order to not only expose an image but effectively telling a very visually compelling story. Check out "The Cabbie", the first in the installment of Canon...
This is a photograph shot by Randy, owner of Horizons West Surf Shop in Santa Monica. He caught our local shark just off the coast of Sunset back in Fall 2009.
So why not join the party? (Oh, plus they also happen to quilt, as well). Via WSJ,
Pretty impressive, as far as LEGO portraiture goes. Via The Telegraph:
Strawberry jam is delicious, whether its warm off the stove or sandwiched in between two slices of bread. In this 3 part tutorial, learn how to make old fashioned strawberry jam on the stove top anytime!
Via Daily Mail: "Growing up I have always wanted a doll made in my likeness," explained Chidi, 35-year-old mother of four.
Serious Eats has posted a recipe for walnut fortune cookies, a fun homemade treat for your family and friends. Just think of all the customizable messages you can slip in there. Funny, naughty or just plain old sweet...
Forget electric cars, quit mixing your at-home biodiesel; just attach one of Dutch John's handy wood gasification contraptions to the back of your car and fuel your transportation with backyard wood chips.
Designer Xavier Calluaud offers a simple solution for the urban dweller with a green thumb. The "urb garden" enables those living in small spaces (without a yard) to grow food at home, or more specifically, herbs. The best part? The eco-conscious system has an integrated worm farm.
Tim Fishlock’s piece entitled What Watt? showcases 1,243 suspended retired light bulbs, the center illuminated by one low-energy fluorescent bulb. Beautiful eco-friendly design.
Have a new door that needs installed? Well, first thing you're going to have to do is remove the old one, then you're ready to go! Check out this home improvement video tutorial on how to install an interior pre-hung door in your home.
This holiday season, don't go the old-fashioned route when decorating for Christmas, stay in the present. To see how to joyfully adorn in the present, and no I did not say "presents," just check out this video on how to decorate a Christmas tree in a contemporary style.
Everyone thinks the bride and groom are having to do all the work day when it's their wedding. No one spares a thought for the poor sap who has to take on the role of Best man. Not only are there some fairly hefty ‘responsibilities' to adhere to, you have to get up in front of everyone and deliver the most gut-wrenching speech of all. Get it right, you're a hero. Get it wrong, and you've ruined the ‘special' day she's been dreaming about since she was an 8-year-old little princess. So check o...
have everyone in the rubber costumes you use to ook old and go into a church. have the paster say they have a guest speaker today. one of you guys is the guest speaker and yu go on about possession and ask if anyone in the church would like to come up and get the demons taken out of hem. thats when the others in the costumes come forward and yu do some prayer thing and comand he demons to come out. then everone starts acting like they re possessed nd starts ripping off the rubber making t loo...
45-year-old French medical technician, François Knorreck, has spent ten years and $22,000 building the ultimate luxury sidecar: a motorcycle seamlessly attached to a Lamborghini body.
This year's FOOMA International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition had a few robots I wouldn't mind hanging around my kitchen. The sushi-bot's hand is amazing... if only it could make the sushi, not just transport it. Oh well. There's always next year.
This is no ordinary tractor. Nor is it an ordinary Fiat. Not by a long shot. Japanese ironsmith Kogoro Kurata custom built this bulldozer from an old Fiat 500 body and caterpillar tracks, which can only reach a speed of 3 km/h. It may move at the pace of a snail, but I wouldn't mind using this beast to shovel my driveway (in style) this come winter.
A group of industrious, like-minded friends built this amazing DIY metal motor home from scratch, converting an old semi into luxury-style living.
Vintage Projects offers 100+ free plans for building all sorts of fun DIY projects spanning musical instruments, archery, boats, motorbikes, go carts, science experiments, telescopes, tractors, radios, and more.
35-year-old artist from Shandong, China, Liu Bolin, has created a series of photographs entitled "Camouflage". No trick photography employed, no photoshop alterations. Every effect was created by anal, fastidious painting and the exact alignment of subject to background.
There's been a lot of craziness from the far East lately on WonderHowTo... A Chinese farmer builds an army of robots, a Thai baker makes horror movie-esque bodies out of bread, a Chinese James Bond enthusiast hacks together his own submarine, and don't forget the Japanese cooking show narrated by a poodle named Francis...
Wu Yulu's life story belongs in a Disney movie. The 46-year-old Chinese farmer has built 26 robots over the past 30 years, with no education beyond high school. He says he loves his robots more dearly than his own sons and rides around his village in a robot powered rickshaw.
Think white kids can't dance? Meet Jeff. This 17 year old from New Jersey can move.
In Photoshop-speak, we call them faux-tographs. Michael Shermer presents this lesson in falsehoods as a children's craft project. Just tie up some kitchenware to an old fishing pole, flash the photo and ta-da! There's your err... evidence!
Our SoCal buddy Terry 'The UniGeezer' Peterson (Geezer? What? Old? No way!) pulls insane tricks we've only previously seen from fixie kids and bmx-ers. But he's tearing it up on only one wheel!
Poker, Blackjack, Old Maid... take your pick. A marked deck will make you an ace at 'em all. For this cheat you need a Bicycle deck, a box cutter, keen eyesight and an excellent memory of the code. Essentially, you're carving a miniscule symbol for every card's value onto its back.
The unrestrained joy of How-To cleverness. This subversive video shows you how to transform that old CRT monitor into a 30,000 volt fence.
Both petty and fun, this tutorial requires only double stick tape, an Altoids tin, a Hallmark greeting card, and a primal sense of justice.
One of the many reasons Circuit City should go out of business is their sale of ridiculously expensive cables, wire and cords. The secret to the industry of Monster Cables is that it is unnecessary and ineffective. Gold-plated or otherwise, Monster's $100 cables are not intrinsically better than the cheaper versions they're stocked next to. Don't believe us?
The last two US Presidential elections were marred by reports of voter fraud. So Princeton University took it upon themselves to investigate how easy it could be to hack the election.Answer: easy.
Just to prove definitively that I am in touch with my feminine side, to all the doubters, here you go.
This guy from the east coast of Scotland has successfully mated the classic procedural tutorial with stop motion film making. 25 years old. Composed the music to boot. None of the visual techniques are new. But that does not make the video any less satisfying.
In this video series, learn how to fix your old scrapbooks. With the right techniques, you can remove pictures safely and carefully. Our expert, Grace Fraga, shows you how to save damaged scrapbooks. Save an old scrapbook - Part 1 of 15.
The cost of scrapbooking can really add up. You can still create wonderful scrapbooks to artistically document your memories by shopping smart and cutting costs by being resourceful. You can use things you already have around the house.
There is no better way to get an Apple Butter recipe than passed through generations. In this two part tutorial, learn how to make family favorite apple butter for use in recipes or on its own!
You don’t have to be satisfied with the graphics that are on your computer. There are great graphics out there and with a little time and a screwdriver you can install killer graphics on your very own computer.
You've uncorked a bottle of fine wine. Now what are you supposed to do with that cork? Don't just throw it away! Breathe new life into your old corks by recycling them into all-natural coasters.
