Nothing goes better with some Python hacking than a little pizza. Nick Jensen couldn’t wait for his pizza to arrive to begin hacking, so he spent the 30 minute wait-time writing a Python script to track the pie’s progress: I discovered an interesting XML feed the other day when I ordered a pizza from dominos. […]
Cool long-exposure photography using a two-wheeled Picaxe-powered robot as the light-source. I like the use of the CD jewel case as a bot body. Lenny’s Blog
If you’ve ever struggled with how to cook rice, try the method described by Amy Karol on Angry Chicken–it involves boiling the rice like pasta, then steaming it the rest of the way until it’s perfectly done. Check out her blog for more info and some great cookbook recommendations.
Andrew Salomone made this “Offline Oracle” Ouija board. In his explaination of why the Offline Oracle is an internet substitute art piece, he writes: The point of this piece is that access to information clearly does not make us smarter, if we are unable to figure out how to apply the information we have to […]
Just don’t stick yourself! The tip is razer sharp, easily digging far enough into a pin to hold its place. A finger’s weight on the plunger keeps the probe in place; it has never once slipped to short two pins, as my multimeter’s probe is wont to do. Syringe Logic Probe [via]
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: HOW TO – Grow Shiitake Mushrooms Fun with Flickr Recycled Yogurt Container Lamp HOW TO – Make Tortillas Darth Vader Cupcakes
I love the colorful, mod look of this lamp created by Craftster user Kianee. The coolest part is that she created it using recycled plastic yogurt containers! I just stringed the containers together with little metal rings, put them on a lampshade ring and … done! (The plastic won’t melt because we’re using it with […]
