Month: November 2011

Secret Santa: Becky Stern – Books from Princeton Architectural Press

My recent favorite PAP title is Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information (Manuel Lima). I can’t get enough of this book and immediately thought of Becky when I drew her name from the Secret Santa hat. I’ve been wanting to turn everybody onto this title. While this book is wonderful and a worthy gift all by itself, I thought I’d sweeten the pot by including another cool, more hands-on PAP title, Pinhole Cameras: DIY Guide (Chris Keeny).

Continue Reading November 23rd, 2011 Gareth Branwyn4

Crafty Events

Click to add an event to the online calendar Email me if you have a call for vendors. Coming Up This Weekend: Kirkland Holiday Craft Show Kirkland, WA Nov. 26-27 EtsyRAIN Handmade Holiday Show Seattle, WA Nov. 26-27 A Gift Bag in a Pear Tree – Craft Fair at Mississippi Studios Portland, OR Nov. 27 […]

Continue Reading November 23rd, 2011 Laura Cochrane

Getting Started with Parallax – KickStart Wiki

Getting Started with Parallax. This is a really impressive wiki filled with examples, code and more. Parallax is hands down one of the best “documenters” of learning electronics – they’re also including Arduino code examples too…

Continue Reading November 23rd, 2011 Phillip Torrone4

Small Screw Top Capsules From Plastic Bottle Caps, Necks

Instructables user bfgreen makes small, lightweight, waterproof containers like this by sawing off plastic soda bottle necks right below the lip, flattening the cut edges on a file, applying cyanoacrylate glue, and clamping. Since these bottles are usually PET, they could also probably be solvent-welded with acetone and other common solvent cements.

Continue Reading November 23rd, 2011 Sean Michael Ragan12

FIRST® LEGO League @Google (photos)

FIRST® LEGO League @Google This is cool to see, imagine if every “tech company” hosted a LEGO league in some way? The kids at these events today, are the engineers of tomorrow…

Continue Reading November 23rd, 2011 Phillip Torrone4

Recipe: Vegan Quinoa Salad

This beautiful and hearty quinoa salad will satisfy any palate. It is richly spiced with cumin, creamy with avocado, sweet with roasted carrots, and tangy with citrus juice. Incorporate it as a side dish, or use it as the star of any meal. This dish is the most versatile recipe I’ve ever created. Feel free […]

Continue Reading November 23rd, 2011 Brookelynn Morris

MindCuber: A Mindstorms-Only Rubik’s Cube Solver

As Lego-based cube solvers proliferate, they tend to use PCs or cell phones to do the actual solving of the puzzle, with Lego motors and sensors for the rest. David Gilday’s MindCuber uses only those elements found in a Mindstorms set, and with a sub-2-minute average solve time, still packs impressive results. [Via the NXT […]

Continue Reading November 23rd, 2011 John Baichtal10

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