I love all of the… er… juice that electric-powered drag racing has been getting lately. I just found out today, via the HacDC e-list, that there’s electric drag racing right near me, the Power of DC, coming up the end of August, in Hagerstown, MD. It’s the 9th annual race, hosted by the Electric Vehicle […]
My favorite ham activity is making contacts via satellites. Not only is there the romantic notion of sending messages into outer space, but you have to trace the orbit of the satellite with your antenna while tuning the radio, to compensate for the Doppler effect. The satellites AO-51, SO-50, and AO-27 orbit the Earth acting […]
Here’s a list of upcoming craft fairs. Feel free to add your event to our calendar. Coming Up This Weekend: The Snip & Stitch Extravaganza Arcata, CA Sunday, July 26 The Fiber Show San Francisco, CA Friday, July 24, 7pm – 10pm Vintour Expo Norman, OK Saturday, July 25, 9am – 7pm ric rac roundup […]
Treehugger has a great feature on building a geodesic dome solar greenhouse so you can grow your own food. The slideshow is really amazing! Collin Dunn at Treehugger writes: What do you do when you want to grow your own food, but live more than a mile above sea level in Colorado? That’s the question […]
In the spirit of our “Teach Your Family to Solder” week, the flashback I’m offering up this week is from the pages of our sister publication, CRAFT. Brookelynn Morris’ LED Hula Hoop project from CRAFT Volume 06 is a super fun project to practice your mad soldering skillz. It’s fully suitable for peeps who have […]
Over on our sister site Craftzine.com, Wendy Tremayne and Mikey Sklar of Holy Scrap Hot Springs show you how to make dog biscuits that are inexpensive, nutritious, enjoyable to your dog, edible for you (why not share?), can be cooked in a solar oven, and are quick and easy to make from natural, simple ingredients.
Artist and founder of Sublime Stitching, Jenny Hart, has given folks a sneak peek at the brand new stitch she designed for her upcoming book, Embroidered Effects. The Lazy Louts is a combination of some of my favorite stitches, the lazy daisy (isolated chain), french knots and the straight stitch. I was lucky enough to […]
