F I N K B U I L T

Modest Mouse Uke Lesson

modest mouse How to play Modest Mouse’s Float On on ukulele.

Mad Mad Dance

mad mad worldMad Mad World Beach Bum Dance. Thanks, Pat!

2009 La Carrera Panamericana pics

carrera 2009COOP is sending back lots of great photos of this year’s La Carrera Panamericana.

Microcar Museum

microcar museum I hope you enjoy seeing all these microcars as much as I did.

Sketchpad Demo

sketchpadA demo of a Stylus controlled GUI CAD program in 1963!

Mr. Ed / Say Say

bill barminski
Brilliant song and animation by Bill Barminski.

High Altidude Water Rocketry

water rockets Do watch this video of some amazing water rockets in action. Catchy soundtrack to boot.

Cars I Have Seen

cars
My friend Pat has a deep interest in automobiles. He has a new car-spotting concern called cars I have seen.

Baloney Detection Kit

skeptic
How to ask quality skeptical questions. Show this to your kids. Via BB.

Surveillance Means Security!

Remixed War Propaganda book.

1972 SSP Lineup

ssp racer Pull that T-stick baby!

Tickler Pineapple Uke Unveiled

ukuleleAmy Crehore has been letting the paint dry on Tickler No.2 for about the last 2 years. It’s now available for viewing, and its a STUNNER!

Seiji Plays Satisfaction

self satisfaction video
A Rolling Stones fan does a nice one-man Satisfaction Cover

Cigar Labels

cigar label artHere and here you will find some nice, high-res cigar label scans to view.

Spoon Slide

spoon slideHere is quite a lovely spoon slide guitar performance.





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Archive for September, 2007

Water Rocket Party

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Getting tired of pin the tail on the donkey? Bowling alley booked? Well, we’ve found that newly-minted 5 year olds and friends like nothing more than to spend an hour decorating and launching their own water rockets.
We’ve thrown this party twice now, and it was blast both times.

Make The Rockets
Making the [...]

2 Miniute Dueling Lightsabers

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

Whip up an impromptu set of lightsabers and have your little Jedi’s learning the way of the Force in minutes. We made up this set of dueling sabers with some garbage and literally about 2 minutes of work.
The tubes that we used are the cores that are left over when the plotter at work [...]

CRANKbait! Lures of Distinction

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

What is this about?
It’s about finding an answer to that age-old question, the one that we have all asked ourselves:
What would happen if you shipped 20 unassembled old-timey wooden fishing lure kits off to be finished by a bunch of artists?
It turns out that the answer is CRANKbait! Lures of [...]