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New works from Jud Turner include avenging anglerfish

New works from Jud Turner include avenging anglerfish

I’ve written before about how much I wish all the junk-art I see was as awesome as Jud Turner’s. You may recall the stunning mecha-trilobite he made from cast aluminum bones and various scrap metal findings and/or the skeletal Bio-Cycle we posted about last year. Shown here are two new works: Uppermost, Hallucination Engine, and Greedeater, the latter of which I know will find a place in Becky’s heart, at least, because it incorporates her spirit animal. Hi Becky! BTW, did you get that e-mail I sent about how much I love your new haircut?

What? Oh, sorry folks. Anyway, Jud Turner is awesome. Check out his online gallery.

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Another Tiny Yellow House

Derek “Deek” Diedricksen (Stoughton, MA) is back, with another episode of his Tiny Yellow House. This guy is such a natural, “endlessly entertaining,” as Letterman likes to say. In this episode, Deek gives us a tour of his mini-cabin/house built out of recycled junk (from dumpster diving/repurposing), and curbside materials. With a guitar tease/ guest […]

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Charles Platt at Space Access ’10

Charles Platt at Space Access ’10

MAKE Contributing Editor (and author of Make: Electronics) Charles Platt just filed this little report from the commercial space conference he’s covering for us. — Gareth The Lynx suborbital spaceplane from XCOR I’m attending the Space Access ’10 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, with the intention of writing about some particularly exciting ventures for a future […]

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Owl nest web cam

Owl nest web cam

I lived in a rental years ago that had a water tower on the property. Each year barn owls nested in the eaves of the water tower, and each year my husband and I spent many evenings sitting nearby watching them. We saw babies learn to fly, mother and father swoop in and out with […]

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