This minute-long short by Mindfruit Studios is called “Memoirs of a Scanner,” and was made using only a scanner and software to stitch the still images together into a movie. It has characters, special effects, and a coherent plot that tells the story of an episode in the life of a business office, from the copier’s perspective. [via Neatorama]
Here’s a fun project to tackle with the kids this weekend. I love that the project itself can create an opportunity for fun creative time together, and then play time with the masks offers even more fun. Enjoy!
How to crochet your own 2-sided, reusable Swiffer covers using some scrap yarn from your stash.
The cats at Hackerspaces.org are calling for a worldwide hackathon in hackerspaces the weekend of March 20th, 2010. These events are the third weekend of every month, with the inaugural event held last November. Hackerspaces participating in past events have included Chicago’s PS1, Luxembourg’s Syn2cat, Ireland’s TOG, France’s Tetalab, Saint Louis’s Arch Reactor and a […]
Construct your very own ratmobile in minutes with this easy-to-build kit by Xylocopa Design. Your friends will be envious, and your enemies will flee (or is it the other way around?) when they see the glory of this fantastic little vehicle. Comes as an unpainted, unfinished kit. Just add glue (and, for the adventurous, paint, ornamentation, accessories, etc)!
These white flowers are so pretty. I love that their creator, lapomme on etsy, calls them, “plush toys for grownups!”All her work is in the same lovely vein of light and sophisticated charm. Check out the featured seller interview for lovely insight on “Apple’s” process.
Tired of an old, clunky printer destroying more paper than it prints? Instructables user laxap helps along a printer aspiring to be a shredder by gutting it and installing an actual shredder. Almost as fun as smashing the thing to bits, like in Office Space.
