The temperature dipped to right around 50 in NYC last night, which officially makes it butternut squash season! This butternut squash hummus recipe from Delighted Momma is making my heart sing with joy this morning, and I can’t wait to try it out!
Our good friend and contributor, Julie Jackson of Subversive Cross Stitch, stitched the cover for this past weekend’s Parade Magazine that goes out in most Sunday newspapers. She has a really cool animation of how the piece came together. It’s awesome to see the stitches slowly grow across the fabric and end up as the […]
Use labware to create a unique and geeky chess board.
If you’ve been brewing your own beer this summer and want to store it or ship it off somewhere over the winter, then take a look at this wooden beer bottle crate tutorial by an Instructables user called pubcrawlingpb.
We’ve posted about Phillips’ Ambilight (Wikipedia) real-time multicolor display backlighting system, and various DIY versions thereof, before (see below). If you’re not familiar with the idea, watch a few seconds of the embedded video, as it’s hard to appreciate the effect from still images. If you believe the hype, this kind of dynamic backlighting improves viewing by making it more “immersive” and reducing “backlight bleed.” In any case, it’s certainly cool-looking.
If you’re looking for a fun, non-costume way to to dress up for a Halloween cocktail party, these googly eye shoes from Glitter ‘n Glue would be a great accessory. Alexa! More: DIY Shoe Bling How-To: Magnetic Googly Eyes Halloween Garland with Googly Eyes HOW TO – Make Edible Googly Eyes
According to the bio on his website, Jólan van der Wiel admires objects which show experimental discovery and are translated into a functional design. His Gravity Stools demonstrate that perfectly. Using a custom magnetic material and a machine with large magnets to stretch the legs off the seat of the stool, he manufactures a product which is “characterized by the freakish and organic shapes that are so typical of nature itself.”
