The National Institute of Standards and Technology is holding a competition to design a new hash function to replace the current SHA family of functions and become SHA-3. The deadline for submissions was today, and the submissions will be evaluated over the coming years until a final proposed standard is made in 2012. Bruce Schneier […]
Anton Olsen of GeekDad has a nice piece on some of the highlights for kids at Maker Faire Austin. (the photo is part of the TexLUG exhibit, one of my picks for the Editor’s Choice blue ribbon – they were great!)
A papercraft gear heart you have to see to believe
Cynthia Rae revamps a vintage crochet pattern to create this fun Racetrack Rug, perfect for a kid’s room. Via Lime & Violet.
Modern Craft shares a link to Beth Wachla’s site, featuring her beautifully made beaded and hand-stitched felt skulls.
Last night I led a workshop at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art on adding LEDs to fabric using conductive thread. It was completely full; everyone had a great time making soft switches and using sewable snaps to light up LEDs on fabric! Photos by Matt Mets. Special thanks to Nan Vaughn and Gina Hief […]
Smitten Kitchen made these incredible looking pumpkin swirl brownies – we made these this week and they were great! They were better the second day, and next time I think we’ll add some chocolate chips.
