Month: September 2011

Magic Sauce

I’m liking the looks of this Magic Sauce, posted by Heidi over on 101 Cookbooks. I’m a fan of multi-purpose sauces, and that’s exactly what this sounds like. You’re best off making a double or triple batch. This is the sort of stuff you burn through in minutes. Not exaggerating. I cook eggs in it […]

Los Angeles Printers Fair

Remember this “lost dog” clip from Sesame Street, where the brother and sister visit the letterpress printer to run off a bunch of “lost dog” flyers? Sesame Street finds the magic! Well, if you have an appreciation for letterpress printing and you’re in the L.A. area this Saturday, you might consider stopping by the Los […]

Crafting in Public

I was so glad to see so many folks bring projects to work on during our demos at the Craft stage at Maker Faires this year, like this knitting project from Maker Faire New York. I like to bring embroidery projects on road trips, when I’m riding shotgun, of course! That got me thinking – […]

X-Wing Soap Box Racer

X-Wing Soap Box Racer

From Instructables user The Papier Boy. Complete with freaking-out R2 unit! “The spinning droid was constructed of Styrofoam and painted to look like R2-D2. I used one of my daughter’s old toys to create the motion. The toy had a gear on it that spun when a button was pushed. I cut the toy in half (it was too big) and mounted the toy to the underside of the body and glued the droid head onto the gear. To control the spinning I used an old NES controller. ..”