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Money counter flip-book animation

Too late for DIY Movie Making Month, but I couldn’t resist sharing this video created by Rethink Communications, Giant Ant Media, and Wave Productions to promote Design Week Vancouver, which is coming up at the end of April. They printed out over 2,000 bill-sized “frames,” ran them through a bill-counter, and filmed the stack piling up in the receiving tray to create the illusion of motion.

How-To: Tackle Box Planter

By Andrew Salomone I like fishing. Catching fish is OK, but it can really start to feel a little bit like work once you have an actual fish on your hands. Sitting near water holding a fancy stick with a distinct sense of purpose is really the best part of the whole charade for me. […]

Wild Flowers of the Forest

Lovely Forget-Me-Nots. Not really wild, but still pretty and dainty volunteers. Last weekend I was lucky enough to get out into the nearby forest, where I discovered an amazing array of wild flowers peeking out of the rich, damp earth. Since then it’s rained, rained, and rained, so I feel especially lucky that I found […]