Adding VGA output to a Beagleboard
Interested in playing with the open-source Beagleboard, but don’t have a DVI-capable monitor to use it with?
Year: 2010
Movie: Manufactured Landscapes
While we’re on the subject of great Maker-movies, I feel obliged to mention Jennifer Baichwal’s documentary Manufactured Landscapes, which is a survey of the work of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, whose métier is finding beauty in the midst of environments radically altered by human activity. If you watch no further than the first shot, you will have seen one of the most amazing takes I’ve ever seen in any movie, ever: It’s an eight minute tracking shot of a Chinese factory floor that just goes on and on and on, and you keep thinking “This place can’t be that big; this shot has to end soon.” And it doesn’t. And the images of the ship-breaking beach at Chittagong, Bangladesh, are like something out of a post-apocalyptic video game. Beautiful and frightening.
Rachel in space: coverage of the STS-130 shuttle mission
That’s me, just more than 22 years ago, strapped in to the Commander’s seat in the shuttle simulator at Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. The joy on my face reflects about a fraction of the happiness I felt as we proceeded through our mission, using phrases like “Copy that” and “Roger roll.” It was thrilling […]
Gingered Carrot Muffins
By Katie Goodman One of the best ways I’ve found to introduce new foods to my picky eater is by incorporating the new food into something we both know he already likes. In this case: muffins. A few of our successful experiments have been: Brown Sugar Pear Muffins, Zucchini Apple Spice Muffins, and Apple Banana […]
Craft Space: Jessica Wilson
Jessica Wilson of Scrumdilydilly and Scrumdily-Do takes a break from all her craft projects she does for us and gives us a tour of her fabulous craft space. Read on after the jump for more photos and a Q&A with Jessica!
How-To: Make a Mossarium
Jessamyn West is guestblogging over on boingboing, and she put up a nice piece on how to create a thriving indoor environment for moss. It really is as easy as she makes it look. I’m obsessed with the soft fuzzy green stuff in all its forms, and I’m happy to see this humble plant getting […]
Asteroids (the edible kind)
Asteroids (the edible kind) @ Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. Lenore writes – For this project we had originally intended to follow one of the instruction sets to make our own DIY cookie cutters– there are a number of good methods posted online. Amongst others, you can make them from metal shim, from copper strip, from […]