This is annoying, the TSA is proudly claiming a huge victory on their site – no they didn’t catch someone trying to do something bad and unfortunately we’re all not safer. They found a battery pack someone made for their DVD player in their carry on luggage via Schneier on security. The checkpoint area was […]
Sakurako Kitsa on Flickr posted up her mini caramel apple recipe. She interpreted the recipe from watching Cat Cora do a similar technique on Iron Chef. I love the use of the melon baller to make the smaller, bite-sized shape. [ via Yoonie-at-Home ]
NYTimes on the science of glass… It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom because glass is a slow-moving liquid that flows downward over centuries. COMPLEX Glass in sheet and molten forms. Glass transition differs from usual phase transition. Well known, but wrong. Medieval stained […]
Noreen of Hankering for Yarn has a pattern to make this crochet wasp be gone nest. Apparently, wasps will see this and go elsewhere to build their nest thinking that another hive’s already there. [ via Lime & Violet ]
Elastypography is an interesting font by Sarah Kahn made with stretched elastic bands. You can learn how to make your own handwriting font in the current issue of CRAFT. via Today and Tomorrow. From the pages of CRAFT: 08: “Computer Cursive: Create your own digital handwriting font,” by Natalie Zee Drieu. pgs 128-129. Preview it […]
Last night BurdaStyle launched their new How To series at the fabulous Mood fabric store in Manhattan. If you don’t know Mood already, it is the store where Project Runway contestants get their fabric for challenges. First, we got some information about how to select fabric for projects and then Mood owner Eric Sauma gave […]
Erica writes – I saw a program of Mary Ellen Bute’s short abstract films a couple weeks back at Anthology and was really impressed. Bute was a pioneering and innovative female filmmaker and animator whose work is still not widely known. Much of her early films function a bit like music videos. She called them […]
