Canning 101
Epicurious has a feature on classic canning 101, covering all the basics including recipies, equimpent, and techniques to make the perfect pickles, jam, or chutney.
Month: September 2008
Austin Event: Weirdest Commute Contest
(Paul Sender’s jet toilet, which would be my ideal winner) Late notice, but today’s weirdest commute contest is just waiting for a Maker to steal the show: WEIRDEST COMMUTE CONTEST Combat climate change, and help kick off Commute Solutions Month at this lunchtime party featuring a contest for those who arrive in the strangest forms […]
10 hardest jobs to fill
This list is from April, but still likely accurate… Hands-on jobs like these are where some of the the worst U.S. talent shortages exist, according to Manpower Inc., which recently surveyed more than 42,500 employers worldwide. In a weakened job market, the overall percentage of U.S. employers struggling to find talented workers dropped by nearly […]
Rotta the Hutt Squeaky Pet Toy
Bonnie at StarWars.com shows you how to make a Rotta the Hutt Squeaky Pet toy by recycling your old clothes or socks.
Objective-J and Cappuccino released
Hackszine reader Math Campbell writes: As promised when they released their demo application 280 Slides, 280 North, the startup that invented a whole new language (Objective-J) to run their Cocoa-like Javascript framework, Cappuccino on, has released both Objective-J and Cappuccino as open-source under the LGPL. They’re also providing documentation, tutorials and forums to help you […]
“Open source hardware” – a news timeline
Someone asked me about statistics of growth for open source hardware, one of the things I suggested to look at was this google search with a news / mention timeline… pretty neat!
HOW TO – Quilted Patchwork Hot Pads
You can learn to make these attractive and useful quilted patchwork hot pads thanks to the tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew!