August 2008
How to Do Furoshiki (Wrap and Carry Things With... →
With paper and plastic bags falling out of favour around the world, we are left to wonder if heavy canvas bags or bulky reusable bags are the only method left to us for carrying our groceries. One…
1100 Paintballs Shoot to instantly make a Picture →
Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters built a huge paintball gun that can shoot 1100 paintballs in an blink of an eye. When the balls crash on the canvas you can see a picture of the Mona…
Red Dwarf returns : News 2008 : Chortle : The UK... →
Red Dwarf returns : News 2008 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
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Red Dwarf returns - Hour-long special for DVD
Creepy Crawlies Caught in Morning Dew →
It’s not often you have the chance to view insects up close, they usually fly, jump or scurry away – either that or get swatted, squashed or stamped on. So when we came across these…
Parans Fiber Optic Skylights Bring Natural Light... →
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vinyl art: the last circus →
Recycled vinyl art from The Last Circus.
5.5 - Fleshmap “Listen”: Body Parts in Music →
What body parts do artists of various music genre most often sing about? As part of their Fleshmap art project, Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg looked at the data from rock to jazz to…
Wahwahweewoo Very naice room for the rental please... →
As found on Gumtree. Hilarious.
Bicycle Wear Technology: How Speedy are You? →
It seems that the integration of technology with cycle wear is “gaining speed.” You might recall a previous post on bikehacks about the turn signal jacket. Well now there is another vest with a…
Hatred of Forever 21 "fast fashion" spawns "slow... →
Filed under: Fashion
Forever 21 is not getting a lot of good press these days. I recently reported on how they are going to build a pollutant machine distribution warehouse where a…
5.6 - Weight Watchers is an RPG →
Clive Thompson looks at the latest iteration of the Weight Watchers online tool and concludes that the program has turned into an RPG:
Think about it. As with an RPG, you roll a virtual character,…
5.2 - "Roger! I said ocsillate -- not osculate!" →
Geeky gag cartoon from 1961. (Note the “oscillyscope” on the workbench.) Oscilloscope Humor
Moss Jewelry →
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: this beautiful handmade ring by Adorn Jewelry, featuring a pocket full of real, live moss.
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Vegan Vans →
Filed under: Celebrities, Fashion, Kids and Parenting, Plants and Wildlife
Nothing says back to school like a new pair of kicks. If those kicks just happen to be stylish, hip and…
Amazing Skeletal Sculptures of Cartoon Characters... →
Donald Duck
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If you’re a fan of Hanna Barbera or Walt Disney, you’ll love these skeletal images of your favourite crazy cartoon characters, sans powder and paint.
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why do they need a morgue?
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PoiPlay - LED poi →
Filed under: misc hacks
PoiPlay is an elegant mix of new technology and traditional medium. Poi, Maori for ball, is a traditional form of juggling originating in New Zealand. In poi,…
DIY: Bicycle "Porteur" Rack →
What a great use for those metal shelf support rods! The web site has a lot of tips and tricks that can be applied to any project. It’s a simple build that is very functional. Learn how to…
1.0 - Finish Line doormat →
Congratulations -— you’ve made it through another day! The Finish Line doormat is there to welcome you home.
Where to Buy Eco Fabrics Online →
From bamboo to soy fabrics, Threads has a great roundup of online eco fabric stores.
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Alternative Trade Networks and the Coffee System →
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Sustainability (tell me more…)
Goodbye Nectar, hello moreeco →
It’s not often that you get to equate reward shopping with ethical consumerism, but here’s your chance. With moreeco, everytime you spend money on greener insurance (ibuyeco or the green…
BBC iPlayer Goes H.264 →
The BBC iPlayer team works hard to release new versions of the BBC iPlayer frequently in its bid to make it as widely available as possible across different devices and to come up with the most…
Tiny Lego Terrorists Hijack Power Plant →
Late last week in Windsor, England, Lego activists – possibly the world’s smallest campaigners – stood together as one to make their feelings known about the planned new coal plant in…
Lanquin →
You’ve been up since 4am and have just spent 5 hours on a crammed collectivo across unpaved highway and then had another two hours in an equally crammed bus in the midday heat across more unpaved…
The Five Things You Need to Know About Finding the... →
“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers … If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll…
3.0 - Monument to … Martian Machines?! →
This has got to be one of the strangest monument ever: a sculpture of a Martian invader (a Tripod, actually) in Working, England (H.G. Well’s hometown and the area in which the Martian first…
The Miss Rio Recycled Flip-Flop Ottoman →
The Miss Rio Ottoman is composed of an unlikely material that gives it its Nerf-esque pizazz and Koosh ball buoyancy: recycled Flip-Flops. Designer Karin Wittmann Wilsmann takes industrial…
Waterfall spells out words →
Title says it all, around 4:10 it really goes bonkers.
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Bricksmith Version 2.0 →
We wrote about Bricksmith before on the MAKE blog. It’s a really cool open source LEGO building program for the Mac. Version 2.0 boasts better rendering and a cool Minifigure generator. …
Radio Fail →
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The Amazing Wooden Mirror [pics] →
Mirror, mirror, on the wall… what if you were made of wood? Interactive artist, Danny Rozen, has done just this, creating a mirror out of 830 wood blocks - but would you put one on your wall?
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1.0 - Lyle Owerko's photographs from The... →
Lyle Owerko’s photographs from The Boombox Project catalog the iconic, visually beautiful ghetto-blaster. (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)
1.0 - In a time before Photoshop, there was... →
In a time before Photoshop, there was Jerry Uelsmann in a dark room using the most cutting edge techniques of processing and developing. Check out his portfolio with some amazing, Photoshop…
1.0 - can you call in love with a magazine rack? →
Magazine rack by Fredrik Paulsen. Fantastic. Ella, what do you think?
ario : @justjesse interesting rebuttal to the... →
ario : @justjesse interesting rebuttal to the Adbusters Hipster article: http://imomus.livejournal.c…
Complicit →
Are consumers responsible for the behavior of marketers? Why does spam exist? Because (some) people respond to it. Why are ineffective pharmaceuticals so heavily marketed? Because (some) people…
Build A Custom Search Engine Using Your Social... →
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The eco-advantages of crafts →
This is a guest post by Elaine Dutton of Pure Design, a social enterprise and online eco-design gallery. Her mission is to promote sustainable design and designers in the UK by providing a…
35 Beautiful Music Album Covers →
By Ashley Ringrose and Smashing Editorial Team
Album cover art is often considered to be one of the “extincted” fields in modern graphics design. In times when digital copies are cheaper and…
Campaign pushes for vegetable garden on the First... →
Filed under: Food, Health, Polit-eco
In an attempt to green up the next President of the United States, Roger Doiron, founder of Kitchen Gardens International, has started a…
Laptop / messenger bag with integrated tail light →
My friend Mike made a lapop/messenger bag with an integrated tail light - When the magnetic snaps are closed it completes the circuit.
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Songbird 0.7: Big Improvements for the Little... →
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Why You Want to Run a Marathon [Fitness] →
My runner pal Lane Becker explains why on earth anyone would want to run a marathon in this fantastic and informative slideshow about the history (and first-person reality) of running a 26.2 mile…
Forlorn bananas of London →
The London Bananas Blog features page after page (after page after page!) of photos of forlorn banana peels on the streets and pavements of London. Here’s my contribution to the effort. …
ESL Bulbs Are Better Than CFLs and LEDs, Says... →
Another contender has stepped into the ring of energy efficient lighting: called ESL (electron-stimulated luminescence), this new type of bulb works by using accelerated electrons to light up a…
Not Calvin and Hobbes.... but Calvin and Steve... →
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Linux pre-installed on 3% of computers sold in the... →
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Operating systems (tell…