This is a nice little tutorial for the basics of brewing your own beer. Its really as easy as they make it look in this video, which I like for its simplicity, nice type treatments, detailed close-up shots and the song is not too bad…
Plus the couple that runs Brooklyn Brew Shop are great people if you ever run into them, and have made a kit for NYC sized kitchens.
I wanted to post a low-fi tutorial as it seems there have been a lot of videos posted. For this tutorial which is from Blue Bottle Coffee’s website instructs you on how to properly use a ceramic cone for a melitta style serving.
I particularly like this for its simple line drawings which clearly picture the items you need to prepare this style of cup, and the corresponding handwritten text descriptors. The hand drawn style also fits well into the coffee shop aesthetic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-CTkbHnpNQ
I posted this as a “tutorial” in the broadest sense of the word, but more so because I really like the style that it is shot in. It goes to show that you can make an engaging video with a static camera position and a catch tune, even if your subject matter is rather banal.
Also, I think the work of Tom Sachs very much relates to the Making Studio class, and I encourage anyone who is not familiar with his stuff to check it out.
I posted this as a “tutorial” in the broadest sense of the word, but more so because I really like the style that it is shot in. It goes to show that you can make an engaging video with a static camera position and a catchy tune, even if your subject matter is rather banal.
Also, I think the work of Tom Sachs very much relates to the Making Studio class and I am a big fan, I encourage anyone who is not familiar with his stuff to check it out here.
UPDATED IDEA
As an update for this project, I decided against the below sketch as I was having complications with my LDR piece, as after multiple attempts, I could get no reading off of the input. Ultimately, after reconsidering the input, I came up with the little sketch below.
I am more pleased with this outcome, it is a bit more fun as well.
Cartoon sketch with embroidered sketch.
I was able to use one of the example codes File > Examples > .02Digital > Button in conjunction with the description on how to tweak a basic button function found in pages 43 – 50 in the Getting Started with Arduino book.
Was able to stab that little button through the fabric directly into the breadboard.
And the reverse, to show how I secured the LED. I just embroidered the cord directly into the design.
ORIGINAL IDEA…
For this project I am exploring using an LDR to make a light detector lamp. I am imagining a embroidered scene you can hang on a wall, which when the ambient light in the room fades, the LED “lamp” automatically turns on.
I have found this instructibles page that seems to explain the process fairly well.
Below is a quick sketch I put together today of the direction I had imagined this going.
For Project #1 i have created what I like to call the Embroidergram, derived directly from my mashup of Embroidered + Telegram. Although it seems very straightforward, having never embroidered, nor sent a telegraph, I was at a bit of a loss.
I was easily able to find out how to embroider, and found these two YouTube videos to be very novice friendly. Video #1 Video #2.
I came across this telegram which was sent by Mark Twain the morning after his obituary was posted in the NY Times. As the story goes, he sent this from his hotel in London to his editor in New York. In todays age this probably would have been Tweeted. I thought it fitting for my telegram.
There she is… I was happily surprised with how this turned out. One last iteration would be to sew the edges up a bit, but I wanted to get this up for you all to see before I potentially ruin the work.
Hello People
