The History of Visual Communication… This website attempts to walk you through the long and diverse history of a particular aspect of human endeavour: The translation of ideas, stories and concepts that are largely textual and/or word based into a visual format, i.e. visual communication. Wikipedia defines visual communication as: Visual communication is the communication […]
If you missed December’s biggest full moon of 2008, tonight will be the biggest full moon of 2009. NASA has a nice article about it. Johannes Kepler explained the phenomenon 400 years ago. The Moon’s orbit around Earth is not a circle; it is an ellipse, with one side 50,000 km closer to Earth than […]
Mary Corbet of Needle’nThread.com recently received a beautifully stitched sampler from fellow embroiderer, Christiana Black. This sampler is no ordinary piece, though – it’s tiny! At just under 1.5 inches square, it’s an absolute jaw-dropping masterpiece. Head on over to Mary’s blog to read more about how Christiana created this tiny sampler. Related: Tiny Monogram […]
Lifehacker’s Adam Pash wrote a guide for testing the Windows 7 beta on a machine already running XP or Vista. It walks you though adjusting the partition size of your current OS so you can test the new system out without dumping your current setup. Before you can get started, though, you’ll have to download […]
Designing CO2 cars is a project for many middle school technology and science classes. The projects gives an opportunity for students to get hands on experience with the Design Process, working with tools and materials, and design and build for aerodynamics and manufacture a vehicle that can go very fast if even for a short […]
Once Wed has an easy-to-follow photo tutorial showing us how to make these sweet retro rosette accessories you can use to adorn your shoes, bags, or what-have-you.
A few weeks ago, I checked out a Noise Night at Willoughby and Baltic. Scheduled for the second and fourth Thursday of the month, it’s a really fun time. I read an article in MAKE, Volume 04 on circuit bending, but I’d never gotten around to trying it. Back in college, I took a few […]
