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Western Spaghetti [via Make]
How to make a Death Star Melon [Make]
Danny Mavromatis appears to be nearing a launch of his sweet-looking home automation software.
Each of the plaintiffs in the 2nd amendment case to receive a Model 442 Special.
Nice Italian hat on eBay - 7 1/4.
Hmm… Not even John Stewart will have this best-selling former Los Angeles District Attorney on to talk about his book.
NPR’s Day to Day interviews Alpha maker Mr. Jalopy on giant iPods, the Maker’s Bill of Rights, and more.
Matt Sotis just sent me this picture of the newly completed POTA chimp mask that I commissioned. Full post to come upon completion of costume.
I know a few Obama campaign donors who are starting to feel a little Buyer’s Remorse over Obama’s breaking of his campaign pledge on FISA. [image credit]
Don’t worry, you can buy them back at Grandpa Marbles Homepage.
The always lucid Naomi Klein talks to Tavis Smiley about her new book, Shock Doctrine.
Dinosaurs and Robots points out that you can buy this fantastic Soviet space rover toy/model/prototype on ebay.
Apparently in Fiji they play a cocopunk version of petanque. What’s that you say? you don’t even play regular petanque yet? You will my friend, you will.
Petanque boules were once handmade by pounding nails into a wooden ball.
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Jarle Helland came to the U.S. from Norway in 1920 after serving his compulsory stint in the Norwegian Army. To sample the New World, he purchased a Tin Lizzie and drove it across the continent at a time when (I would imagine) his route was scarcely paved.
Jarle was a tinkerer’s tinkerer. A master […]
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 […]
Here it is. No. 2 in my BelAir series of retro-feel homebuilt AV equipment (see No.1). I used a surplus copy machine lens to make this opaque projector for use as a drawing aid. (See this post for background info and plans) .
The projector is essentially a wooden box with with a lens, […]
Feast your eyes on this gorgeous pulp cover that was given to us as a house warming gift by my friend Pat after we bought our first house 12 years ago.
I‘m calling it a painting. I had been planning to smooth it out a bit, but the crudeness sort of grew on me.
Now I just need to figure out a frame.
Here is the painting framed and in situ.
Now I just need to figure out a frame.
Here is the painting framed and in situ.
Here’s a great mid-century illustration depicting a really fun looking beer bash, 1956 style.
I wonder if the design committee expected most beer drinkers to be able to sight-read the chart for the jingle, and hear the music in their heads while they dreamt of throwing thier own Schlitznic , or if they thought maybe they […]
I added some more eye detail and started the torsos
More paint.
Added some eye work.
I was so impressed that Linda had agreed to let me buy a 55 inch taxidermed yellowfin tuna to hang above the fireplace in our living room, that I changed my mind about it and decided on something that I knew she would really like. A portrait of the two loves of her […]
this image is set up for right eye RED glasses.
Stereo nerds! Pull out your 3D glasses.
After I was done photographing some dirt under my stereo microscope the other day, it occured to me that I might be able to make some 3D micrographs. I took one shot through each eyepiece of […]
