We’ve blogged this before, but it’s a great project so we’re revisiting it. It’s a creepy candy bowl that uses an aluminum foil capacitor to trigger an array of LEDs and scare the kiddies. The guys who created this project sell a “NerdKit” — an ATmega168-controlled project board, but it’s easy to see how you […]
Entertaining video from YouTuber David Alvarez. I have a hard time imagining that he’s not working from a plan of some kind, but just from watching the video, it rather looks like he’s “free-handing” his Heath-Ledger-Joker mosaic. He just stands there, solves each cube to present the right pattern, and sets it in place, apparently without any kind of reference.
Halloween’s almost upon us, and it’s time to carve up some jack-o’-lanterns. I have great respect for people who take hours to lavishly carve pumpkin masterpieces. I also have very little time to make my own pumpkins. My kids and I just want to get them carved, set a candle inside, and move on to roasting the seeds as quickly as possible. So I decided to forgo the knife and use a cordless Dremel Multi-Max oscillating tool to make quick work of Mr. O’Lantern. Follow the steps below and you too can crank out an army of chilling, thrilling Halloween pumpkins in no time.
Learn to make your own Dexter-inspired blood slide candies over at forkable. [via Street Anatomy] I spent the last week thinking about the Martha Stewart lollipops, and how they could be made more scary. I tried to brainstorm more gruesome fillings but it wasn’t creepy enough. Then I started thinking of what’s really scary. Serial […]
My friend, Kristin, shared this amazing knit mobile version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar with me. It was created by Flickr user, spinthrift115, but she doesn’t give any information about it with the pictures. Regardless, it’s beautifully done and a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing, Kristin! Related: Hungry Caterpillar Cupcake Train
Learn to make your own Dexter-inspired blood slide candies over at forkable. [via Street Anatomy] I spent the last week thinking about the Martha Stewart lollipops, and how they could be made more scary. I tried to brainstorm more gruesome fillings but it wasn’t creepy enough. Then I started thinking of what’s really scary. Serial […]
I’m digging this simple sink mod to make the hot and cold taps run down the blade of a shovel before flowing into the sink. Photo by NY Mag, Greenpoint loft by Evan and Oliver Haslegrave. [via Core77]
