This corrugated cardboard sleeve that doubles as a record player just blows my mind. Just open it up, fiddle with a pencil and, boom. No speakers needed either, the sound goes through the needle and into the cardboard (so don’t expect bumping bass, but we hear it’s quite good). Such great design, so few records that I don’t illegally download to listen to though.
Jason Fitzpatrick —If you need some cheap and novel ambient lighting for your next party, you’re only a box of ping-pong balls and a string of lights away from solving your lighting worries.
You’ll need a strand of lights, ping-pong balls—he recommends buying in bulk on eBay, versus paying retail rates for small packages—and a tool to poke holes in the balls. A drill or even a nail will suffice. From there it’s just a matter of punching holes in a bunch of ping-pong balls and wiggling the light inside. For more details check out the full tutorial at the link below.
Ping-Pong Ball Lights [Instructables]
If you need some cheap and novel ambient lighting for your next party, you’re only a box of 