While not a collector of measure, I deeply enjoy seeing like objects grouped together. (Don’t you? It’s like a brain massage!) In any case, I was just turned on to San Francisco illustrator and Rare Device boutique/gallery owner Lisa Congdon‘s Collection A Day blog. Here we get to see a photograph or drawing posted each […]
Thanks to everyone who entered our recent giveaway for the book, P.S. – I Made This… by Erica Domesek. The two winners are Lisa from Brookline, MA and Jill from Fargo, ND. Congratulations!
No doubt this guy in this video made some awful, over-roasted charcoal, but the rig shows promise. I really like the use of the thermos as an insulated chamber. With some tuning of the heat control (thermocouple probe and variac for the coils maybe?) you could probably get this slowed down to a more reasonable six-to-eight minute roast before first crack.
World Maker Faire New York is this weekend, and we’ve put together a full schedule for of awesome demos for both days at the CRAFT booth. Each day this week, we’ll profile one of the folks who will be presenting. Be sure to mark your schedule and head to the CRAFT booth for all the […]
Although the Snowbird, made of carbon fiber and balsa wood and with a 105-foot wingspan, could hardly be described as “practical,” to me this seems like a major aviation milestone: Somebody, specifically University of Toronto PhD student Todd Reichert and co-workers, finally did it. All those old black and white “wacky inventor” blooper reels set to goofy music can eat it. [via Toronto Star]
The $59.95 Netduino Plus is the newest member of the Netduino family. It packs more features than the $34.95 Netduino, adding Ethernet (with a full TCP/IP stack) and a Micro SD card reader.
[Via Beyond the Beyond]
