The only shoelace tying resource you’ll ever need
Mark writes – “Ian’s Shoelace site includes tutorials of interesting alternative methods of lacing and tying your shoelaces.” – Link.
Month: April 2006
The history of Monowheels
Douglas writes – “A monowheel (or motorwheel) is one big wheel with rider and engine (if any) INSIDE its circumference. It is not to be confused with a unicycle, which has the rider above the wheel. You’ll see what I mean. (Sometimes the word “motorwheel” refers to just a wheel with an engine built into […]
Print a t-shirt cheap enough for one-time use
BG writes – “A froogle.com search for cheap supplies last week surprised me… it’s easy to print a single-use t-shirt for my toddler at a surprisingly low cost — less than 5 bucks! Good Hanes white cotton t-shirts in toddler sizes can be had for less than $3 each, and Avery Dark T-shirt Transfers cost […]
Take a Community Walk… in the virtual world
Mark Wallace over at the excellent new 3pointd blog has a great real-virtual world blurring mapping “mashup” – he also has some interesting examples and glimpses of future applications – “A local clothing designer has a small shop in a neighborhood across town. You want to shop there, but you don’t have time. So you […]
MANOI – Athlete Humanoid robot disassembly
Tempusmaster writes – “The new MANOI “Athlete Humanoid Robot” from Kyosho isn’t scheduled to hit store shelves in Japan until June. We were invited to participate in a breifing, and complete disassembly of the robot last weekend in Tokyo. The whole process is being documented on our Robots Dreams weblog, with parts 1 and 2 […]
House of Beer Cans
I didn’t know there was an online store devoted to beer cans, but there is, and they also have a tour of the second biggest collection of cans – ” The building and displays were constructed between 1998 and 2001 with the help of Jeff’s father Fred, friends and other family members. The collection, which […]
The Ultimate iPod case
There are tons of iPod cases, some homemade, some made from endangered seals, but this one is really the ultimate iPod case because it holds every iPod ever made – [via] – Link & full set here. Related: iPod cases you can make – Link.
