I’m really excited for the upcoming Bay Area premiere of the indie crafts documentary, Handmade Nation by Faythe Levine. The Handmade Nation event is hosted by the San Francisco Film Society as a part of their montly SF360 Film + Club series taking place on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7pm) […]
Make: television’s Make: Day is less than 3 weeks away! Check out this quick teaser… Visit the Make: Day homepage for the list of Makers and more details. Thanks to the Makers from the Bay Area Maker Faire for this footage, unfortunately EMSL won’t be attending this event. Previous Blog post
Larripin Labs on Etsy sells cross-stitch portraits of famous physicists like this one of Richard Feynman, known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics. Thanks Julie!
The 2009 San Diego Science Festival… The 2009 SAN DIEGO SCIENCE FESTIVAL (SDSF) is the first and largest celebration of its kind on the West Coast. Celebrating this year’s theme, ‘The Science of You,’ the Festival will provide 500+ free and entertaining science outreach activities to Greater San Diego County throughout the month of March. […]
The New Terrarium by Tovah Martin Terrariums are getting a new life these days and I am loving this new book, The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature by Tovah Martin. For those of us who are city and apartment dwellers, this is a great way to bring in a mini-garden into […]
Not pictured above: a Make: television cameraman (or John Park for that matter). Why would we ever expect any camerman in his/her right mind to risk life, limb, or most importantly, expensive video recording equipment for the sake of some jumpy footage of a roller coaster in action? In this week’s Maker Workshop segment of […]
The cartilage on my femur got pretty mangled when I injured my knee last fall, and I got the doctor to give me the pictures he took when he operated on it. I used these pictures to make a plush version of my femur, complete with fuzzy cartilage flap. Don’t click through if images from […]
