Month: May 2011

Recipe: Honey and Walnut Semi-Frio

If you are looking for a dish that will impress your guests and leave them wanting more, you will be hard pressed to find something better than a semi-frio. The semi-frio is a gloriously indulgent chilled dessert that is served – as you have probably guessed – in a semi-frozen state.

Meet the Makers: Christina McFall

Christina McFall is obsessed with color, texture, form, and chemical reactions. She approaches the art of cyanotype printing with the mind of a scientist, carefully recording tests and cataloging results. She hand draws and tessellates patterns with her tablet to produce her negatives. Her innovative printing methods harness UV light to create Prussian Blue prints […]

How-To: Restore a Wood Picture Frame

Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers fame shares a very useful tutorial for turning beat-up old frames into beautiful like-new ones. She covers removing mold, tightening up loose corners, and adding a fresh finish. That box of ancient frames in my garage finally has a future!

Ether Egg

Ether Egg

It’s a dorky chemistry joke and it’s a pun and it’s an egg. It’s like it was made just for me. Pictured is diethyl ether, which is what most folks are talking about when they say “ether.” But the C-O-C bond is really what makes an ether, and there are infinitely many possible ether eggs if this one does not satisfy your need for them. I am personally holding out for fluoromethyl hexafluoroisopropyl ether eggs. Thank you, Thingiverse user linuxwrangler.