There’s a section of freeway near my house that goes through the wetlands on the edge of a lake. There’s a lot of wildlife there that you can see as you’re passing; turtles and ducks, and sometimes huge herons. It feels really magical to see the herons – they’re so majestic and I’m always amazed […]
Peacay at BibliOdyssey found this incredible University of Cincinnati exhibit of calendar cards produced by the Strobridge Lithography Company.
Multi-tool… is a font via NOTCOT. Marcus writes – My neighbour forgot his multi function tool in our kitchen. I started playing around with it and (surprise, surprise) tried to create a whole alphabet with the sentence “typography can be a multi function tool†in mind. I did not yet find the time to create […]
Chris reviewed “The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments” as well as “Mr Wizard’s 400 Experiments in Science”, he writes – “Mr Wizards 400 Experiments in Science”. (Reno: “Emilio Lizardo is a top scientist, dummkopf.” Perfect Tommy: “So was Mr. Wizard.” -The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, now available on DVD!). Written by Mr Wizard himself, Don […]
Matthew Baldwin’s 2008 Good Gift Game round-up is worth a look – some great games and fun reviews! “In this game we are all epidemiologists, trying to synthesize vaccines to four deadly diseases that are rapidly spreading across the globe…” My God, can you even imagine a less-enticing introduction to a board game? It sounds […]
Peter Dilworth of MIT’s Leg Lab made this bipedal walking robot based on a Troodon dinosaur. His objective was straightforward: “It was for the robot to stand up from a sitting position, to walk and possibly run, go back to walking and stop and then sit down and be stable, and not fall over in […]
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Crocheted Ringbox Key Cozies A.M. Eye Candy – Freeform Embroidery Programmer’s Cross-Stitch Pattern
