REVIEW – As my exploits with sublimation and goods customization have expanded, I jumped at the opportunity to review the AKEYDIY 3-in-1 Auto Hat Heat Press. Let’s find out if it’s a worthy addition to your crafting and maker space! ⬇︎ Jump to summary (pros/cons) Price: $165.99 on Amazon and $139.99 ok AKEYDIY Where to […]
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REVIEW – I have a small confession: I’m addicted to dye sublimation. I’ve been improving my techniques over time and have made some pretty cool gifts for friends and family. I was stoked when Julie told me about the HTVRONT A200 machine. I was in the market for a drinkware press, so did this cut the
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REVIEW – If you’ve read my previous reviews, you’ll know that I’ve been experimenting with dye sublimation on my old Epson RX595 printer for a bit under two years now. My overview of sublimation in my EufyMake E1 UV Printer review caught the attention of Chinese hobbyist brand HTVRONT. They offered to give me a
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REVIEW – The intricacies of replicating color have become an entire commercial industry over the years. It started with mass-produced color media and analog film photography, but the digital revolution is what really turned color calibration into a finely-tuned art. Between computer displays, digital SLR cameras, high-resolution scanners, and inkjet printers, there are a lot
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REVIEW – If you caught my (absurdly long) review on the eufyMake E1 UV inkjet printer, you might remember my short detour into other printing methods, including dye sublimation. Since publishing that review, a few sublimation companies have reached out with new product review opportunities, including premier Chinese sublimation paper manufacturer A-Sub. The same company
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REVIEW – I’ve been crafting since I was a kid – my childhood was filled with collages made from magazine cutouts and doll food made from Crayola Model Magic. My brother and I spent hours building imaginary worlds with our shared LEGO collection. A lot has changed since the 80s and 90s, and there is an
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REVIEW – Since I initially began evaluating the eufyMake E1 UV printing system, I’ve been trying all sorts of things. I received what’s included in the full Kickstarter deluxe bundle, so I’ve had a chance to figure out the DTF sticker system to understand its usefulness. Many backers are still interested in figuring out if
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REVIEW – If you’re familiar with my past reviews, I recently wrote up a piece on the CZUR ET Max book digitizer. My exploits with digitizing and crafting have long led me down the winding road of at-home printing solutions. We had a dot matrix printer when I was a kid, and I remember learning
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REVIEW – More than two decades ago, I was a fresh-faced, young college intern in a corporate IT department, and one my tasks involved test-driving what was the grandfather of the modern smart TV: a projector with a built-in computer. Of course, this was 2004, which meant the projector I was evaluating ran Windows CE.
ARTICLE – Flashback: It’s 2007, and the world is watching as Jammie Thomas-Rasset is found legally liable for sharing a small handful of copyrighted songs via Kazaa. She’s ordered to pay seven figures in damages, although both of those rulings are later overturned. In 2013, a federal court upholds the judgment against Thomas-Rasset, and she’s
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REVIEW – I learned to touch type in the 1990s, and by the 2000s, my endless conversations over AOL Instant Messenger turned me into a very fast typist. When I really get going on something that’s on my mind, I can smash out about 120 words per minute, and the more adamant I am about
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REVIEW – My first foray into the heady world of scanning and digitizing was way back in the 2000s when I found a Visioneer USB flatbed scanner at Big Lots on clearance. I’ve always loved scanners and photocopiers. The ability to rapidly duplicate printed (and other!) things on demand is an amazing feat of modern
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ARTICLE – One of the greatest technological advancements of our era is the lithium battery. First prototyped at Exxon in 1976, lithium technology has made it possible to pack a whole lot of energy into a tiny package, enabling more powerful computers, cordless tools, equipment, appliances, human transport devices, and toys. If you have a
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REVIEW – After listening to me extol the amazing features of modern e-ink technology, Julie sent me her Onyx Boox Palma, thinking I’d get more use out of it than she had. It was an on-point gift, and I’ve gotten a lot of use out of my Palma. I used it to break my social media
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REVIEW – A few months ago, e-ink device maker Boox released the new Flip-fold Protective Case for the Palma e-ink mini-tablet. I jumped on this one, because I am a hardcore butterfingers, and I drop everything I own. I previously had the OEM hard shell case, which just covered the back of the device. This
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I’ve never quite seen the purpose behind owning a photo printer. These days, you can print 4×6 copies of your digital pictures
for around twelve cents a picture, by way of online services like Snapfish and Wal-Mart Online. However, for some people, the
immediate satisfaction of printing photos at home is entirely worth the added expense of ink cartridges and high-quality photo
printer paper. One of Epson’s latest all-in-one photo printer offerings, the RX595, should satisfy even the most particular of these
print-at-home types.
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