This little yellow-tracked robot roams around looking for something to drum on. It samples the sound, makes sure it is good, and creates little rhythms. There are more videos on the web site that are definitely worth a look. Drum machine robot
Garth Johnson of Extreme Craft sent me this cute photo after seeing last week’s “World’s Greatest Grandma?” post (about a woman who made tons of cool Yo Gabba Gabba-inspired crafts for her grandson). Says Garth: Claire and I melted into a puddle of envy when we saw the awesome Yo Gabba Gabba stuff you posted. […]
Davis Remmel writes: Code 39 is easy to recreate because it only uses two types of lines: wide and narrow. Also, each code has a beginning sequence (thin black, wide white, thin black), and an ending sequence (thin black, wide white, thin black, thin white, wide black, thin white, wide black, thin white, thin black.) […]
Phil @ MAKE posted this recipe for how to make hamentashen Purim cookies. From the site: Hamentaschen, or Hamen’s hats, are triangular cookies to celebrate Hamen’s defeat at Purim (see the Book of Esther). In Hebrew, they are called Oznei Haman – Hamen’s ears. They are eaten at Purim and included in mishloach manot, the […]
SimpleArtsPlanet created this playful crocheted Rapunzel and her cute yarny prince. She looks kinda chipper for someone trapped in a tower, no? Check out SimpleArtsPlanet’s Flickr for more photos of her fairytale-inspired crochet. Rapunzel Amigurumi
RFID tags are those tiny identifiers in your keyfobs, pets, and quickpay systems. I use them in various art projects and games where the idenfication of specific people is important, but often they come in ugly packages that are cumbersome to use. I started using these flat disc tags recently, and in order to incorporate […]
Here’s the video of last night’s Colbert Report with Dean Kamen talking about his vapor compression distiller. The Colbert Report
