Month: January 2010

DIY New Year’s Eve LED ball

DIY New Year’s Eve LED ball

Garrett Mace, aka Macetech, built this LED NYE ball, using his own Macetech LED controller and Arduino shield kits (and a Seeduino). He writes: I used six Satellite Modules (high power RGB LED arrays), six ShiftBars (three channel LED controllers), a Seeeduino, and a ShiftBrite Shield to build a New Year’s ball for our own […]

How-To: Sewn Laundry Bag

I live in a two-story house and have two kiddos. It’s practically impossible for them to carry their laundry baskets downstairs. This pattern for a handy laundry bag from Kristin of Craft Leftovers just might be the thing to make for them so they can easily bring down their dirty clothes. Now if there was […]

Neil Gaiman’s NYE benediction

Neil Gaiman’s NYE benediction

I love this touching New Year’s Eve message delivered by author Neil Gaiman at Symphony Hall in Boston (during a gig with his girlfriend, Amanda Palmer, playing with the Boston Pops). May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who […]

Dirt Poster

Dirt Poster

Lovely dirt poster! by ROLAND REINER TIANGCO… A poster the recipient completes by revealing spot-varnished type with hands made dirty by handling the poster, the back of which is coated with powdered pigment. This is the first of a series of posters. 19″x25″ open, 10″x13″ closed & packagedhand silkscreened poster with envelope.limited edition.available for purchase.