A history of matching tile games by Jesper Juul – This article aims to write the history of a video game genre. The genre is that of matching tile games, video games where the object of the player is to manipulate tiles on a grid in order to create matches. For a few years, the […]
Margaux Lang, jewelry designer and scourge of Barbies, posted these Ear Bud Earrings. I don’t wear earrings, but if I did these would be the ones for me. Link.
Why should monkeys get all the fun? Blogger La Belle posted this picture of a sock horse. He looks a little mopey, but maybe that’s because he doesn’t have eyes yet. Link.
Alicia of Create! crochets this cute jellied cranberry which is already making me hungry for Thanksgiving. The jellied cranberries are the best! Link.
Joe writes in – I wanted to let you know about something we feel is a pretty significant open source milestone. Namely that we were able to help get TI to release a free compiler for their c54x DSP. It’s especially significant considering they have a big profitable division turning out these proprietary, expensive tools. […]
Jennifer at CraftSanity talks with Kristin of Craft Leftovers in this CraftSanity Podcast. I got the chance to hang out with both of these ladies this summer in Chicago at BlogHer so it was fun to hear them both on this podcast. Kristin’s also giving a free PDF pattern for her crochet shower scrub (pictured […]
Here’s a little howto on building a low-RPM generator from scratch. I assume that not all of you have extra hamsters lying around to power your night lights, but a similar design could be used for creating a small generator for wind or other energy sources. Though it’s hard for the hamster to make higher […]
