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Austin is already buzzing with details of SXSW events, and there is one that has me particularly excited. Standard Recording and Craftster have teamed up and are hosting a crafty day party. Stop on by the party for some free drinks and eats, nine live bands, and fun free craft demos. Craftster is demo’ing some […]
One of my favorite restaurants in San Francisco used to have this unbelievably weird-sounding but unbelievably divine olive oil cake on their dessert menu, but it vanished at some point (fingers crossed that it’s a seasonal thing and will be back). So when I saw the olive oil almond cake recipe over at Sassy Radish‘s […]
I’m really excited for the upcoming Bay Area premiere of the indie crafts documentary, Handmade Nation by Faythe Levine. The Handmade Nation event is hosted by the San Francisco Film Society as a part of their montly SF360 Film + Club series taking place on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7pm) […]
The 2009 San Diego Science Festival… The 2009 SAN DIEGO SCIENCE FESTIVAL (SDSF) is the first and largest celebration of its kind on the West Coast. Celebrating this year’s theme, ‘The Science of You,’ the Festival will provide 500+ free and entertaining science outreach activities to Greater San Diego County throughout the month of March. […]
The New Terrarium by Tovah Martin Terrariums are getting a new life these days and I am loving this new book, The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature by Tovah Martin. For those of us who are city and apartment dwellers, this is a great way to bring in a mini-garden into […]
Here’s a great how-to on building a “liquid fueled” rocket using little more than a fat Sharpie marker, a can of compressed air, and a few more supplies found down on the Cube Farm. The resulting rocket can fly up to 75 feet! But hey there, John Glenn of the IT Department, BE CAREFUL! This […]
Retromodo: Berlekamp’s switch game.. I hear you :)
