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 […]
Walkie-talkie actuator lets everyone pose without rushing for a timer. Thanks go to Tom Rodgers for the original article in MAKE, Volume 15 To download The 2-Mile Camera Remote video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete 2-Mile Camera Remote article in MAKE Volume 15 and you can see that in our […]
Walkie-talkie actuator lets everyone pose without rushing for a timer. Thanks go to Tom Rodgers for the original article in MAKE Volume 15. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
This post over at Hack N Mod is titled “World’s Most Stunning Data Centers.” In point of fact, only two are mentioned, but the photos are pretty stunning. Shown uppermost, the Skynet system core Microsoft Chicago Data Center (of which more and better pictures are available here), and immediately above, the Stockholm facilities of Bahnhof, one of Sweden’s largest ISPs, which are located in a Cold War-era underground nuclear shelter. A video tour is available here.
As a designer, I am endlessly enchanted by letterforms, especially non traditional ones made from surprising sources. Last year I stumbled upon and fell in love with We Make Words, a fabulous photoblog (or phlog, if you like) comprised of Amy and Luci who state: “We like words. And we like arranging objects. And we […]
Vickie Howell points us to the fascinating photography of Daniela Edburg, an artist whose experience knitting a prop for a photograph turned into inspiration for an entire collection of photography in which knitting is a core element. Read more about her work on Peta Pixel and on her web site.
My eyes were glued to my screen during Tara Young’s “Handmade Portrait” video about Sharon Montrose, a photographer specializing in earnest portraits of animals. Not only does she have a super interesting job, but her photos are beautiful.
