It’s pomegranate season here in Northern California (and most of the northern hemisphere), so celebrate with a stunning dish from this pomegranate recipe roundup from Cafe Fernando. Not only are those jewel-like seeds tasty and healthy, they add brilliant color to any plate. Looking at this list, which includes everything from pomegranate jam, to braised […]
As you may already know, November is Maker Hobbies month here online, a chance for us to geek out over the stuff each of us like to make, as a form of relaxation, fun, flexing our creative muscles, and indulging specialized interests that maybe our family and friends don’t totally understand. For instance, I’m a […]
As evidence, nothing beats one’s own senses: I’ll have to see that for myself. But some experiments are too expensive, too time-consuming, or too dangerous for most folks to reproduce on their own, and for these, well, the next best thing is video. And the tubes are rich with great footage of phenomena that have to be seen to be believed. Here’s a sampling of some of the gems we’ve covered, over the years, to get you started.
Our DIY Haunts Halloween prop contest has come to an end. We ultimately chose three eminently worthy entries to be our winners. And here they are: Third Prize Winner: Paul Hale’s Clown Coffin We loved the great maker spirit of this haunted clown coffin, and the dog eating the prop at the end won bonus […]
By Marie LeBaron We’re stamping our hands into little gobbling turkeys as we craft a fun mason jar topper. These Thanksgiving jars are a great way to get the kids involved during the season, as well as creating a fun handmade gift.
OK, I’m a little crazy when it comes to decorating my kids’ rooms. I like the challenge of a theme — so far, I’ve redecorated rooms in Western, Spaceport, Octonauts, and Sporty Teen modes. If my husband would agree, I’d redo the master bedroom in a Robot theme, but so far he remains unconvinced. So […]
AVR Programming 03: Reading and compiling code, part III in the series (view part I and part II)… Mike writes – In the last installment of our tutorial series we built a simple circuit on a breadboard and programmed an ATmega168 to make it run. That proves that you know how to follow directions, but […]
