Forkchop writes - "I was trying to make some screen captures of the Ds game "Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan!, but the best way of doing so, would be to capture the whole thing on camera. The problem started when I needed to capture the video from above the DS. It had to be close enough so the camera could capture the video, I had to be able to see the DS and be able to play while taping. I needed to make some sort of camera holding thingy, and here are the pictures of what I made..." [via] Link.
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Weekend Project: Making Char Cloth
Learn how to make a cheap and effective fire starter made from an old t-shirt. To download The Char Cloth video click here and subscribe in iTunes. See Char Cloth in action with the Fire Piston from William Gurstelle....
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