How To: Haunted House Silhouettes
Turn your entire house into one oversized luminary by creating very large paper silhouettes for all of the windows.
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Book Review: Spooky Halloween Silhouettes
One of the best things about Halloween is haunted houses, and I’ve always admired and envied the folks who create them. I’ve fantasized about spooking up my own house for the month of October but I’ve never gone beyond synthetic spider webs on the gate, a couple of carved jack-o-lanterns, and a hanging bat or […]
Automatic Media Deactivation System (video)
Jake Ketchum‘s Automatic Media Deactivation System attaches to a standard power strip and shuts off all power to a room’s electronics when its smart sensor detects that a person is no longer in the room. When someone re-enters, the system is switched back on. He demonstrated his invention at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.
Typefacebook: Pam Deluco (video)
Pam Deluco brings her typesetting expertise to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 and assists participants in letterpress printing their Facebook status updates. The process gives an appreciation and understanding for what the bookmaking craft was like in the 19th century, and folks get to take a bound record of their interaction with this vintage form of technology.
Amigurumi Detroit Tiger
For the baseball lovers out there, we’re all on edge here in Detroit after last night’s loss to the New York Yankees and Game 5 coming up. This amigurumi Tiger doll, from Beyond Crochet, might make for a good luck charm! And, in the spirit of fairness, here’s a Yankee granny square baby blanket for […]
What Carbonated Acrylic Plastic Looks Like
As I wrote about a month ago, one of the many unusual phenomena Ben Krasnow has produced in his garage is supercritical CO2. As you may recall, Ben machined a custom acrylic pressure vessel so he could get (and give) a good look at a state of matter that most of us have little experience of. Since then Ben has inadvertently had a chance to observe another extremely unusual effect: the carbonation of solid acrylic.
Recipe: Butternut Squash Hummus
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!