Here’s a quick how-to on making beautiful colored globes of ice (which involves little more than freezing colored water in a balloon), but it’s something I’d never thought of and would make an interesting party decoration. Ice Gems – Link
Have a toddler in your life who loves beaded jewelry (necklaces, bracelets), but who just can’t resist popping them and splattering the beads everywhere? Sick of your buttons popping off? Use thread made out of Kevlar! Available on Amazon – [via] Link.
I’m really surprised that telepresence/telerobotics hasn’t caught on more than it has. IRobot was R&Ding this tech nearly a decade ago. And the tools to make it happen have only gotten cheaper and more widely distributed. In this story, reverberating around the Interwebs, Ivan Bowman, a computer programmer, works from his living room in Nova […]
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories writes – Last weekend we took a trip to Urban Ore in Berkeley, where I found an incredible gem: this “Fraction of an Inch Adding Machine.” It’s a simple to use device that lets you add any number of fractions– from 1/64 to 63/64– quickly, automatically, correctly, and without thinking about […]
Maize Hutton shows you how to make this cute paper mache box neighborhood. Maize writes: I’ve had this idea for a while and finally finished it. These are paper mache house boxes. Yes, boxes. I think they’re going to make very cute gift boxes for softies and other little Christmas goodies. They’re also a great […]
This is a good direction, the new version of iTunes will allow you to make your own ringtones. There will be ones for sale of course but this is the way it should be… Until it comes out I’m not sure what the restrictions are and how it works on purchased/non-purchased (can you make your […]
Ohio Knitting Mills, the Brooklyn based store that sells beautiful vintage knits from 1947-1974, has just opened their new online store! I got a chance to check out the goods up close and personal at their recent trunk show in San Francisco. Check out the collection for men and women online here. Link.
