Month: August 2010

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: triple dill pickles by rachel is coconut&lime, Embroidered loom part drawing by Cross-stitch ninja, Funnel Cake by ChrisCreatures, and 4-color print by k.mackay.

Continue Reading August 22nd, 2010 Becky Stern

New in the Maker Shed: Cooking for Geeks

Are you the innovative type? A cook who marches to a different drummer? If you are interested in the science behind what happens to food while it’s cooking, then Cooking for Geeks from the Maker Shed just might be your kind of cookbook. Author Jeff Potter has done the cubicle thing, the startup thing, and […]

Continue Reading August 22nd, 2010 Maker Shed

Open science group forming in Chicago

Sacha De’Angeli wrote in to share his plans to help organize an open science group in Chicago. I’m really interested in promoting the open science movement here in Chicago, so I’d like us all to start an Open Science Group: ChiOpenSci. First meeting will be on Sunday September 12 at 4pm at Pumping Station: One […]

Continue Reading August 22nd, 2010 John Baichtal

IKEA Chair Recycled Denim Slipcover

Laura from The Klubb commented to yesterday’s recycled denim post with her IKEA chair recycled denim slipcover project that took her four Saturdays to complete. The denim pocket on the side holds the TV remote! Laura writes: Hauled this home from Chicago IKEA almost 10 years ago. The slipcover was very dirty. I didn’t want […]

Continue Reading August 22nd, 2010 Nataliezdrieu