On Monday, the small town of Occidental, California, hosted it’s 2009 Cookie Exchange. It was a holiday food experience that I will not soon forget. Beyond just an exchange, the party was like the Cookie Olympics. It was a friendly, but very heated competition to be crowned Cookie Queen 2009. Only after the judging and […]
How do you go about determining what level of resistance you need and when you should or need to use resistors?
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to use OpenSCAD to produce a simple 3D model by extruding a part profile produced in normal drawing software. I use Adobe Illustrator CS3 because I have access to it and am familiar with its interface, but the popular freeware drawing program InkScape will read and write DXF files natively, and there’s no reason why it couldn’t serve just as well if you prefer it. There are a number of other free and low-cost programs that will export DXF files. OpenSCAD’s developer mentions QCAD, which is available from its developer RibbonSoft for 24EUR.
By Felicia C. Sullivan Light on effort and heavy on flavor, trifle is the sort of dessert that looks deceptively decadent, but is actually a cinch to make. If you’re seeking the epitome of show-stopping desserts, look no further than the Chocolate Chestnut Mousse Trifle. A cloud of sweet chocolate mousse and slices of buttery […]
These raisin jingle cookies featured on Indie Fixx look spicy and divine, perfect for holiday baking.
Looking for something fun to do with that special gamer in your life? Well, you might want to try Ed Keeble’s Pong Prom, which combines the formerly disparate activities of slow dancing and pong.
Tools.com’s new blog‘s purpose is to keep you up to date on coupons, deals, sales, contests, and giveaways about tools. This one’s going straight into my RSS reader! [via Core77]
