September 2009
11 posts
#3972: the captain →
Guitar-shaped spatula →
Our pals at GAMA-GO created this unusual spatula in the shape of a guitar. I wish all my kitchen utensils were this random. It’s available in red or black for $9.50. Flipper Guitar…
Guitar-shaped spatula →
Our pals at GAMA-GO created this unusual spatula in the shape of a guitar. I wish all my kitchen utensils were this random. It’s available in red or black for $9.50. Flipper Guitar…
The Search →
How to make chai tea syrup →
Cartoonist Lucy Knisley shares her recipe for chai tea syrup. Looks like fun, and the illustration is lots of fun. (Here’s her pickle recipe, too.)
Previously: The comic art of…
Threatened Masculini-Tea →
Comic #425: http://www.wastedtalent.ca/index.php?view=425 —- It’s pretty awesome tea!
StrawJet Transforms Straw Waste Into Building... →
StrawJet, of Ashland, Oregon, has developed a unique process for the creation of structural building components from a variety of waste agricultural stalks. Essentially, they have…
Pigeons are faster than DSL →
A South African IT company got so fed up with the national telco’s notoriously poor Internet service that they decided to set up a race that pitted the telco’s network against a carrier pigeon. The…
Follow Your Twit on Twitter! →
You know the routine. You pick your child up after school and ask, “What did you do in school today, son?” What does he say? “Nothin’.” Well, now you can follow what’s happening in Room 15 every…
Detroit houses being eaten by nature →
The Sweet Juniper blog has a gallery of abandoned Detroit houses that are being overcome by the foliage around them, trees and shrubs and plants growing around, on and in them.
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Open design for a 67 TB array for $7867 →
Chris sez, “Online backup startup BackBlaze, disgusted with the outrageously overpriced offerings from EMC, NetApp and the like, has released an open-source hardware design showing you how to…