Tools

How-To: Pattern Weights

These adorable pattern weights from A Spoonful of Sugar make me very, very happy. I used to be a pattern weight skeptic. I would use whatever I had on hand to hold my patterns in place—rocks, tin cans, bottles of wine—only to get frustrated when objects were too light, too bulky, or got in the […]

OpenPCR in the Wild!

It’s a delight to see OpenPCR already on so many desktops! Josh and I spent the past year staring at mostly-disassembled prototypes, with wires all over the place. It makes it all worthwhile to see everyone assembling their kits, posting pictures of them, and having a blast doing so.