October 2011
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“This is not the first time a bug has been frozen in the office refrigerator”
– OH at Instructables in reaction to a bug being discovered in the freezer, only to realize it was deliberately frozen by one of the staff.
September 2010
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How to quit your job and do what you love →
August 2010
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The best views of the Perseids in the Bay Area →
Science meets science fiction: 7 reasons to go to... →
Make a Kinetic Chandelier from Junk! →
June 2010
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Golden State Star Party — A Stargazers Dream! →
Golden State Star Party — A Stargazers Dream! →
30 Days of Creativity →
May 2010
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Periodic Table of The Empire Strikes Back →
Three Projects Where Art Meets Arduino →
8 Exhibits You Can’t Miss at Maker Faire →
Design your own Electronic Component Jewelry →
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Why Business Writing is So Awful →
Jason Fried is so on the mark in this article. He explains why business writing is full of suck and provides ample examples of companies that actually are down to earth and straight with their customers. I absolutely love it.
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If Super Mario Bros Was Designed in 2010 →
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Save the Tonga Room!
I’ve been quietly following this story for a couple weeks now, but it looks like the closure of the Tonga Room is imminent.
For those not in the know, the Tonga Room is a historic San Francisco tiki bar in the basement of the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill. Built in 1945, it is a quintessential San Francisco experience.
The Tonga Room features fake thunderstorms over a giant pool, a...
Google’s new app is begging to be hacked. ... →
Write a magazine in 48 hours?
It’s happening! A bunch of super talented writers have launched the 48 Hour Magazine Project. Here’s how it works:
Issue Zero begins May 7th. We’ll unveil a theme and you’ll have 24 hours to produce and submit your work. We’ll take the next 24 to snip, mash and gild it. The end results will be a shiny website and a beautiful glossy paper magazine, delivered...
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Aspiring programmers, listen up!
I’m a total geek at heart. If I had unlimited funds or unlimited time everyone knows I’d be sitting on a beach, drinking pina coladas … working on a robot.
Until that day comes, here are a couple cool projects to brush up on my skills:
Programming for Poets
This Thursday at Noisebridge there will be a class on programming for absolute beginners. If you’re not in SF or...
Ever dream of finding buried treasure? Here’s how! →
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Friday Link Love: The awesome from around the web →
April 2010
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Team Pickles and Peaches takes the Ithacka BOJ...
How could I say no to this!! From Dorkbyte:
Ithacka Hackerspace from — you guessed it– Ithaca, NY is running a really interesting competition for makers across the country. Using a BOJ (Box of Junk) your team is tasked with creating something, ANYTHING, that is neat and cool and promotes the maker culture. Full details on their site. (via Ithacka)
I immediately went online to American...
Friday Link Love: The awesome from around the web →
Just a few of the links that caught my attention this week:
What Happens If You’re Traveling At The Speed Of Light And Turn On Your Headlights?
Physics enthusiasts, check out…
Wind Powered Knitting Machine →
As an avid knitter, this immediately stood out to me! Designed by Merel Karhof, this wonderful invention is the perfect mix of free energy and crafty inspiration.
As Karhof explains,…
6 tips for what makes a good book club
Last Fall I decided to start a new book club focusing on books that were not so challenging to read that they wanted to make me poke my eye out with a stick.
This was all precipitated by the post traumatic stress of trying to slog through David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest as part of Infinite Summer (10 pages a day for 3 months and voila, you’d have finished IJ— or nearly...
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DASHing Puzzles
Last weekend, Jonathan and I assembled Team Pickles and Peaches for the DASH (Different Area, Same Hunt) puzzle hunt in Los Altos. DASH is a neat concept, because as the name implies, there were 9 other cities playing at the same time, using the same puzzles!
In total, we had 8 puzzles to complete, with nearly each city contributing a puzzle. We spent 6 hours running around Los Altos solving...
CAT5 Cable Self-Portrait Sculpture →
LA based artist, Kasey McMahon, designed this stunning piece of art using CAT5 cables (via notcot)
The User’s Manifesto: in defense of hacking,... →
“No company or person has the right to tell you that you may not do what you like with your own property.”
Those words, proclaimed by Devin Coldewey at CrunchGear, were music to my…
Zombie Stationary of Horror →
I just came across this over at Geekologie and was so impressed I felt compelled to share it with you.
This beatutiful stationary was created by Jacques Pense for…
It’s a Stevie Wonder kind of day —...
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“The right end of social tools is to help organizations stop being antisocial.”
– I read this over on Umair Haque’s blog and it seems like the once voice of reason cutting through so much of the social media bs out there. Umair gives seven pieces of advice that every organization should listen to if they truly want to engage with customers.
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Make sushi out of little peeps →
Serious Eats has this great article on how to make your very own peeps sushi, peepshi. From Serious Eats:
A Primer on Peepshi Traditions
The Peepshi tradition calls for certain deviations from the standard sushi-eating customs you’re used to seeing at, say, a sushi bar. Since Serious Eats has come to embody the contemporary Peeps revolution, I feel comfortable in providing a...