“Do-It-Yourself Guru Makes Treasures From Trash” 08/16/2009 Our friend and author Tim Anderson on NPR…. “Do-It-Yourself Guru Makes Treasures From Trash”… In the world of do-it-yourselfers, Tim...
EXTREME FAT TIRE BICYCLE 08/15/2009 Marple200 writes– I’ve wanted to build a custom bicycle for many years. I started wondering how fat of a tire...
Dumpster diving + computer = 100 trees 08/14/2009 Nice story at CNN…. Dumpster diving + computer = 100 trees– Jude Ndambuki teaches high school chemistry, but when he’s...
Hans Christian Ørsted 08/14/2009 Leader of the Danish golden age! Thanks to Google, hundreds of millions of people are today celebrating Hans Christian Ørsted’s...
Hermit crabs in glass 08/14/2009 A shy glass blower made a glass shell for a hermit crab… “glass houses” video here… Scientists at the New...
The best TI-83 RPGs ever 08/13/2009 The best TI-83 RPGs ever… Carolyn writes – For some, nothing was more exhilarating in high school than playing a...
Les Paul – Music maker 08/13/2009 Les Paul – RIP… Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009) was an American jazz guitarist and inventor....
10 thousand, billion, billion stars 08/13/2009 tdarnell writes – I’ve recently discovered an animation that was rendered using the measured redshift of all 10,000 galaxies in...
Building a robot army, one cuddly bot at a time… 08/13/2009 Building a robot army, one cuddly bot at a time… @ The Guardian Open Platform- Have you ever missed an...
Naval battle at the Queens World’s Fair site 08/12/2009 If you’re in NYC on Thursday and have a toga, this might be interesting…. During tougheconomic times, Imperial Rome distracted...