Month: August 2008

HOW TO – diffuse CFLs beautifully

HOW TO – diffuse CFLs beautifully

Here’s a neat instructable by user sjolly which combines compact fluorescent light bulbs with a modular lampshade design. He writes: We recently installed new compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) in our workspace. They use less energy and last longer, but they’re painfully bright…so I adapted Dan’s Instructable for CFLs using heat resistant photo gels. This […]

Cross-browser rounded vector corners

As a web developer, I’ve been patiently waiting for the designer community to finally decide that rounded corners and drop shadows are out of style. I’ve been waiting since about 1999 so, uh, you know, any day now guys. I’ll just be waiting here in web developer hell trying to construct a cubic igloo. There […]

Twittering Doorbell

Twittering Doorbell

This is the perfect project for all those people who love Twitter. As if sending Tweets about every aspect of your life wasn’t enough, now your house can join the fun. It looks like a fairly easy project to implement, and a lot of fun too! You could adapt this project to Tweet almost anything. […]