Month: March 2011

iPad2 Teardown

iPad2 Teardown

The folks over at iFixit did a number on the latest from Apple. Giving the iPad2 a repairability score of just 4/10, highlights on this teardown include a switch from clips to heavy use of adhesive and a crappy rear-facing camera. On the upside, Apple chose to stick with standard phillips screws rather the pentalobular screws introduced recently.

Linocut Letter-A-Day

Linocut Letter-A-Day

Brooklyn-based graphic designer Aymie Spitzer is challenging herself to carve a linocut letter every day for the month of March. Her typeface of choice? Champion Gothic because of her “deep rooted affection with its ampersand.” [via swissmiss] More: 30 Days of Creativity start today Instrument-a-Day project

Buildings in Illustrations

Earlier this year Natalie posted about a CasaSugar interview with illustrator James Gulliver Hanckock as he attempts to draw all the buildings in New York. I’ve been a big fan of his blog ever since, so I was excited to see last week’s post showing you that you can find buildings in the most unusual […]

Smoothie Recipes for Kids

My friend Heather has posted up three great smoothie recipes for kids that will surely taste good and give your kids all the great vitamins they need. Recipes are for strawberry granola crunch, orange julia, and pink-a-licious. I love the tip of putting nuts in smoothies for a more creamy, pudding-like texture. (Make sure kids […]