Reusing old optical disc spindles for cable storage
Clever idea from reddit user Crath. Unfortunately, I think most of us are likely to have many more cables than empty CD/DVD-ROM spindles lying around. Still, me likey. [via Recyclart]
Month: January 2011
Tweeting with a telegraph key
The Tweetagraph uses an Arduino to capture the dots and dashes created by the telegraph. The Ardruino itself is running Firmata (now comes as a built in library with the arduino software) so that it can talk to Processing. The Processing sketch is using the java library twitter4j which handles the communication with the Twitter API.
Repair an old pocketknife
Make: Projects community member Josh Burroughs restored his grandfather’s old pen knife, and shared his step-by-step photos and instructions with us. For a point of reference, below is what the old knife looked like before he got to work on it. Nice job, Josh!
Savory Carrot Soufflé
I tried out this recipe for savory carrot soufflé last night for dinner, and it was really good. The flavors of nutmeg, carrot, and creamy parmesan Béchamel balance well. But a word to the wise: Don’t beat the egg whites by hand unless you’re a robot. I spent a good half hour (it felt like) […]
Soup Swap 2011
Cooks, get your stove tops ready! The Fifth National Soup Swap is set for Jan. 22, 2011. Check out the web site for all the details and how you can host a swap in your hometown. Looks like a great way to share soup with friends and spend some time in the kitchen – not […]
Stacked
From Parker Posey’s Mary, in Party Girl, to Batgirl — aka Barbara Gordon, head of Gotham City Public Library — to real-life Librarian Action Figure/ bibliophile Nancy Pearl, there are a lot of reasons why books are sexy. But you don’t need a librarian, or even the Dewey Decimal System, to fetishize over stacks. Grab […]
Cake models geological strata
Flickr user Khol made a geological layers cake, inspired by Tim Babb’s “Geology” design on Threadless. It makes me think of the song “Dirt Made My Lunch.”