Here’s a brief piece on creating a high-voltage Jacob’s Ladder from a neon sign transformer, some insulators, and wire electrodes. Just in time for Halloween. Oh, and this is high-voltage, so don’t mess with it if you don’t know what you’re doing. Make a Jacob’s Ladder – [via] Link
Erbert and Gerbert’s Subs and Clubs has made this incredibly labor-intensive commercial. It’s a “flipbook,” or stop-motion animation using t-shirts as the individual frames. The site has a great making-of video, too, that shows just how much work went into making this animation. [via] Link.
Learn how to make your own covered tape measure with this tutorial by Tomoneko. The site’s all in Japanese but you’ll have no problem figuring how to make this with all the great photos. I love the idea of cross-stitching a little motif for the tape measure to make it extra special. Link.
The “It’s about time” clock turns time into a conversation rather than just hours, minutes, and seconds. Maybe version 2.0 will sync to your calendar software and tell you how late you are. [via] Link
Apartment Therapy SF reports on SF shop, Cielo, and their recycled paper chain curtain adorning the window and how you can make one easily yourself with old magazines and this $4.99 curtain kit from IKEA. Link.
The Urban Housewife recently revamped a homemade candy corn recipe from the Epicurious Editor’s Blog and turned it vegan (most candy corn contains gelatin, egg whites, and beeswax). The end result is adorable and reportedly delish! Visit her blog for the recipe and tips. Link.
IRobot released their new Looj gutter-cleaning robot ($99) today and showed off their forthcoming ConnectR, a telepresence bot built on (literally) the success of the Roomba line of bots. The ConnectR has the same basic form-factor as Roomba with a webcam mounted on it. It can be controlled over the Web and offers remote audio […]
