An Introduction to Natural Building Materials and Systems Presented by Gayle Borst, Texas registered architect, LEED AP, natural builder Saturday, September 20, 2008, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm Habitat Suites Hotel 500 E Highland Mall Blvd Austin, TX 78752 $50 per person, includes snacks and beverages Natural building utilizes minimally processed, nontoxic materials and systems […]
Energy Conservation Tips & Techniques for the Home Guest presenter: Miki Cook, Austin Energy’s Green Building Program Wednesday, September 17th at 7pm Casa de Luz (1701 Toomey Rd.) As the second part of our “Tips & Techniques” series (July’s topic was water conservation), we will explore the many and varied ways to save energy in […]
Jenna of Spring Thinking refashioned her old kitchen chair by weaving fabric for the chair seat. Thanks Meg!
For people who are wondering what to do with all the paper from the flaps on Netflix envelopes there is the NetFlix origami web site including how tos. via SwissMiss.
Molly Chicken created a tutorial for this hedgehog softie with pocket for carrying around a smaller hedgehog and a little cash.
TMT, is the new SMT… Mikest writes- “Thread Mountable Technology” I made a bunch of LED beads today after work. I found that a novel way to solder a large number of beads together at once is to use sticky tape and needles to hold the crimps and LEDs in place. Soldering one side first, […]
Doug sent in this cool project he did (partly) with a laser cutter! Distributed squirrel cage for parallel processing – Humans are invited to write obessive thoughts on scraps of paper, deposit them in squirrel cages, and turn the crank, thus offloading the actual work of obsessing to the mechanism. This cutting-edge apparatus applies the […]
