Year: 2010

Herbed Yogurt Cheese

“Full of flavor and low in calories” … yes please! Sara at The Herb Gardener has a simple, delicious-sounding recipe for herbed yogurt cheese. We’re getting some spring-like weather here in Northern California, and the chives in my herb garden are growing in a vibrant spring green. I’m going to make this! I just need […]

Plush Ceiling Cat

Ceiling cat is evolving… look how nice all three of them look together? What should the caption be? I left space to add your own/remix in the image below. [via @cibomahto] More: Ceiling Cat is watching you How-To: Catnip Castle Cat Hair Handbags

Mr. Bond, your jetpack is ready

Mr. Bond, your jetpack is ready

According to a piece on GOOD: A New Zealand outfit called Martin Aircraft Company is going to start selling commercial jetpacks for about $75,000. They’re 200-horsepower dual-propeller packs that can “reach heights of up to 2,400 metres and top speeds of 60mph” and don’t require a pilot’s license. Look for pill food and robot butlers […]

Laser-mapped subterranean passages

Laser-mapped subterranean passages

La Subterranea is a project that uses a laser to map out underground tunnels. La Subterranea [is] an ongoing research project which takes its name from a tunnel and viaduct system running underneath and through the city of Guanajuato, Mexico. As riverbed, vehicular thoroughfare, and the historical back alley to the city, La Subterranea has […]

Guitar Slide from a Wine Bottle

One interesting historical example of upcycled crafting is bottleneck guitar– or as it is now widely known, slide guitar. The unique resonant sound of slide guitar was originally formed by playing with a glass bottleneck over one finger and running the slide up and down the strings. While the materials for making slides have evolved, […]