Sudoku puzzle solver using awk
The application I chose to use as an example is “yet another sudoku puzzle solver”. This program uses a very simple depth-first recursive backtracking algorithm with up-front and ongoing elimination of invalid entries.
Month: January 2010
Crafting on the Go: Organizing Craft Supplies #2
During our Craft Spaces interviews, we posed a couple of questions relating to crafting on the go to our spotlighted crafters. One of the questions we asked was: When you have to craft on-the-go (while you’re traveling, in the carpool lane, at family activities) how do you organize your craft supplies? Find out the answers […]
Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai
This afternoon I was organizing my vacation photos from last year, and when I came across this one, I stopped sorting and started drooling. This is the Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai– the quintessential tropical cocktail. This one was served to me by Cui, a bartender at the Mai Tai Bar, Waikiki’s most spectacular beach front […]
Remake: MacBook hidden in an actual book
This thing is called BookBook and it’s available from TwelveSouth for $80. Would be an easy remake, though, if you could find an appropriately-sized book. [via Geekologie]
Dream workshop
Flickr user Mtneer sure has a sweet setup! Click on the link to see a bunch more photos of this workshop and some older ones he’s had. I’m conflicted, however: on one hand, I’m concerned at how neat his shop is — the only mess is a beer can on the bench! On the other […]
Heather Ross Guest Instructor at Portland’s Summer of Making
The Summer of Making returns to Portland’s Pacific Northwest College of Art this year, with fabric designer, Heather Ross, as a special guest instructor. Ross will be conducting workshops on how to digitally design fabric, and has teamed up with Spoonflower so students will be able to print yardage after the class. You can read […]
Sean Kenney, professional Lego builder
Kenney was featured in a Japanese public television show, New York Wave. The crew followed me for several months and created this full-length episode that shows how I work and what I do. Watch as I create a giant LEGO model of Times Square, play with kids at events, and take on my biggest project […]