Awful Library Books is a blog where Michigan public librarians Mary and Holly discuss outdated books that are getting pulled from the library shelves. One of their picks is Macrame Accessories, from 1977. I’m not sure the belt for shy hot pants wearer would really work as advertised.
Flickr user Alex Eylar made this amazing LEGO replica of a Ghostbusters ghost trap. If you’re not familiar with this this piece of equipment, the site Ghostbusters Fans has a primer for you. No word yet if Alex plans on making a matching Ecto Containment Unit. [via Gizmodo] More: Ghostbusters proton pack with friggin’ lasers […]
I love the delicate feel and beautiful softness of this lace-print stationery from Martha Stewart. You could use the technique to create Valentines, or just lovely stationery for everyday use.
Note to textile geeks: I recently came across this little sidebar in the New York Times about a show in New York right now called “The Master of the Blue Jeans“. (The show runs at Didier Aaron until February 18th.) Originally organized by Gerlinde Gruber, a curator at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, for Galerie […]
On Wednesday, contributor Doreen Carlson, shared he recipe for making delicious, homemade treats for your pets from your own leftover food. We asked our readers on Twitter and Facebook if they make treats for the pets, and it was clear: many of you take great pride in creating healthy, yummy treats for your furry friends. […]
We have actually covered the work of British hubcap sculptor Ptolemy Elrington a couple times before (see below), but I couldn’t resist posting again when I saw this viperfish sculpture, which appears among others in a gallery at The Telegraph.
My thought for the day? Viperfish are awesome. That is all.
Our friend Riley Porter, of Synthetos and TinyG fame, has posted a wonderful little project on Make: Arduino and Make: Projects. It uses an old mouse pad and a piezo sensor to create a drum pad input device. He’s even coded up the beginnings of a little game in Processing that counts your beats and […]
