HOW TO – Gingersaurus Rex Cookies
If you’re not a traditionalist, but you long for the scent of holiday gingerbread filling your house, try these T-Rex cookies from Tissuepapers.
Kids & Family
Sustainable penguins
Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo is in the process of building a new Humboldt penguin exhibit that conserves energy; they’re installing a natural filtration system, and they’re using geothermal energy to keep the pool at a penguin-pleasing temperature range of 50-60 degrees Farenheit. State-of-the-art engineering allows the new penguin exhibit to help us reduce our environmental […]
Catch a fallen star
Kiteman has a very romantic Instructable on collecting real-life fallen stars – meteorites. In the Maker Shed: Find The Best of Instructables in the Maker Shed! Instructables.com has become one of the most popular magnets for makers and DIY enthusiasts of all stripes. Now, with more than 10,000 projects to choose from, the Instructables staff, […]
HOW TO – Krampus for Christmas
Macula offers a downloadable papercraft of Krampus, a creepy companion of Saint Nicholas.
Mouse agility training
Marina from Austria is a mouse agility trainer – check out this video of a mouse completing an entire course, it’s really amazing! Via CuteOverload MORE: Monty on the Run
Quick Simple Problems
Probably the best way for you to make rapid effective progress on your project is to have a good idea of how you want the project to end up, and then identify the Simplest Problem that you can solve Quickly. In computer science, almost every first program is some variation on Hello World. Essentially, it […]
Best of GeekDad – Carboard playhouses, podcast with Adam Sessler and more!
Cardboard Playhouse is a Wonderful, Green Holiday Gift for Younger Kids This Little Piggy’s Playhouse, designed by an architect for their kid, is an all-cardboard playhouse, made in the USA from 100% recyclable materials. They come in regular cardboard brown, or white – all the better for coloring! And, I have to say, compared to […]