Science writer (and science tattoo gallery curator) Carl Zimmer recently wrote an article for The New York Times about the science of Spore. He’s also linked to this video from Seed of a conversation between astrobiologist Jill Tarter and Spore creator Will Wright. Here’s a print version of the conversation.
Urmas Salu (a teenager!) won all of $40 for this re-enactment of The Simpsons opening sequence in LEGO. Watching it makes me ridiculously happy. via Boing Boing
World Preschool Mom has a great project for younger kids with her self-connecting paper chains tutorial that require no staples or glue. [ via Folding Trees ]
Julie K in Taiwan made these felt sushi toys with her daughter from a kit sold in Taiwan. The results are really great and, as Julie K points out, you could try to make your own version without buying a kit. Related Felt Sushi
I was a comic book fan way before I was a mom. I’ve always liked exposing my kids at an early age to simple forms of complex ideas; I think it makes concepts familiar, letting kids get comfortable with sometimes difficult topics before they’re presented with the adult, “serious” versions – comics are the perfect […]
Richard2nd has put together a simple Instructable on building a digital pinhole camera. The comments mention that the sharper the edges on the pinhole, the greater the depth of field and the sharper the image. More: Pintoids – Pinhole cameras made from Altoid tins DIY High capacity panoramic pinhole camera
Cory at Boing Boing reports that Amazon will start selling the One Laptop Per Child XO laptop in November; they’ll be continuing the buy-two, get-one, donate-one system through December – great for holiday gift giving!
