Popular Science’s Adam Weiner points out this entertaining example of Newton’s First Law of Motion, “a body continues to maintain its state of rest or of uniform motion unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force”. In this case, meaning those carts wanted to stay where they were.
We recently got a copy of No Starch Press’s The Manga Guide to Statistics, by Shin Takahashi – but I didn’t get to look at it for a few days because my son snagged it pretty much as it came through the door. Which confirms my theory – if you want to introduce a subject […]
Kelly Wilkinson of Make Grow Gather made this beautiful calendar from sunprint paper. This is an easy gift project for a kid to make, and I love the sunprint blue.
Seattle’s Fusion Beads has some great online tutorials – I really like these little bead tree decorations.
Brennon Williams sent us a link to his blog, BW Science Labs, where he explores science and technology. I really liked this LED constellation project, but you should check out the rest of his entries – he posts about microcontrollers, basic soldering, robotics, lots of stuff! Really impressive work for a 14-year-old!
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Macula says they will soon be adding some December papercrafts to their site, including these funny pointy elves you can download and assemble. Keep an eye on Macula.tv for more.
There’s a section of freeway near my house that goes through the wetlands on the edge of a lake. There’s a lot of wildlife there that you can see as you’re passing; turtles and ducks, and sometimes huge herons. It feels really magical to see the herons – they’re so majestic and I’m always amazed […]
