Free rice game – more subjects!
You can now change the subject in the Free Rice game – you can identify art, learn languages, be quizzed on the multiplication table, and identify chemical symbols.
Kids & Family
Raising praying mantises
I’ve been curious about raising praying mantises for a while; according to Wikipedia, there are 2,000 species of mantids; only 20 of them are native to the United States. I’ve heard of people using them for a natural pest control, but apparently they’ll eat beneficial insects as well as pests, and will even eat hummingbirds! […]
Paper train whistle
Tyler at Oddstrument built this neat working paper train whistle model (pdf), designed by Rob Ives of Flying Pig.
“Letting go”
Inspired by the death of his grandfather, LEGO builder Shannon Ocean created this thoughtful and somewhat disturbing piece called “Letting go“. via The Brothers Brick
Garden instuments voting now!
There’s still time to vote for your favorite garden instrument over on Oddstrument.com. There are some really creative entries!
Electric musical saw
Make pal Mad Maxine sent me this video of musician T.J. Hill playing his electric musical saw – a 26″ Stanley hand saw with a contact mic, run through his guitar effects and amped to 11, I believe.
Printable Pencil Toppers
Mollie of Wild Olive has some cute printable pencil toppers available for download as a PDF. Get Dull Pencil (shown above) and nd four phrase pencils, “This is Dull” (perfect for using in meetings), “Stay Sharp”, “Never #2”, and “I’m a Pen”. Cute for kids as they get back into those books!
