Sixteen feet long, five feet wide, and four feet tall, this 1/72 replica of the US Navy’s “Big E” represents nineteen years of builder Gabriel Suryani’s hobby, and has been called “something that is close to the limits a single modeler can achieve.”
I’ll admit it. I’ve always thought that wood veneer was just the tiniest bit tacky. But, these stylish veneer pendant lights that Holly from The Adventures of an Almost 40 Year Old Intern shared on Poppytalk have changed my mind. I could definitely see a set of these lamps hanging in my apartment! Head over […]
The littleBits Starter Kit is a set of unique, space sensitive modules provide a simple, intuitive avenue into electronics. Each bit has a function (light, sound, sensors, buttons, thresholds, pulse, motors, etc), and modules snap together to make larger circuits. The kit includes 10 color coded modules (power, input, output, and wire) that snap together magnetically.
This cute crochet yeti hat, designed by Cheryl Cambras for Vickie Howell’s Sheep(ish), is meant for a toddler, but I kind of want one in my size. Get the pattern over on Vickie’s web site. More: Knit And Crochet Yeti Baby Booties Yeti Sighting Berroco Baby Yeti Pattern Papercraft Chibi Yeti Download Yeti Embroidery
Today I’m thinking about my older sister, an electrical engineer and all-around brilliant person who influenced me hugely growing up. I owe a lot of my geeky interests to her. So, sis, happy Ada Lovelace Day! Who is your heroine? Do you remember which women have influenced you over the years? Perhaps your maths teacher, […]
The deadline to turn in solutions for Volume 27’s MakeShift challenge is in three weeks! Put on your thinking caps. You need to figure out a way to provide safe drinking water for your family after an accident at the nuclear power plant upstream from you.
Thingiverse user Thing-o-Fun from Austin, TX, designed this printable, fully functional padlock. (A)ll items are printable except for the springs which I removed from ball-point click pens (thankfully my wife is still putting up with disassembled pens around the house). This one is a little more complicated but it still works and makes a good […]
