Anna Maria Horner The Solar Guide | Your Complete Guide to Solar Energy Do-It-Yourself Information for Home Improvement Projects - DIY Ideas Cool Copper Projects Warm metallic hues are easy to love but often pricey. When you create the look... Easy Doily Bowl Craft a decorative bowl from a doily picked up from a flea market, antique... Camper Birdhouse Encourage birds to stay awhile with an adorable vintage birdhouse.
Don't Forget to Clean Here When it’s time for spring cleaning, you think of opening all the windows, letting the fresh breezes replace the stale air in the rooms while you sweep and mop and dust the surfaces ignored all through the winter. But there are more shadowy areas in your home that need attention. Spending just a few minutes on these five often overlooked spots will transform your space into a cleaner, more liveable environment, perfect for spring and summer fun and relaxation. The Refrigerator Who knows what’s living in those jelly jars at the very back of your refrigerator shelves? Food keeps longer in the freezer, but it can still pass a useable date. The exterior of the refrigerator needs your attention, too. Your Beds and Pillows Sure, you’ve cleaned all your linens, packed away all the heavy blankets, and changed your sheets but there’s a little more cleaning to be done around your bed. Sometimes laundering your sheets and blankets isn’t enough. The Computer The Trash Can Your Vacuum
Online : Eri Gentry interviews Melanie Swan of DIYgenomics We have surely entered the age of citizen science! Take, for example, my father’s reaction thirty years ago to a family history of colon cancer. He wholly cut out red meat, began taking vitamins, and started exercising daily. Melanie is a prime example of someone utilizing growing genomics research to learn about herself. To learn more about Melanie’s pioneering citizen science work, here’s a brief interview I conducted with her: Eri Gentry: How did you get involved in genomic research? EG: What exactly is DIYgenomics? EG: DIYgenomics is utilizing crowd-sourced research. EG: What have you learned by using a participative approach to research? EG: Do you anticipate continuing to crowd-source research data? EG: What are the most promising research areas for DIYgenomics? EG: DNA research is getting quicker and cheaper but whole genome sequencing is still out-of-reach for the average person. EG: What is your long-term vision for DIYgenomics? EG: What excites you most about your work? More:
thelongthread.com Sweet Home 3D HomeTips | Expert Home Improvement Advice DIY is not so threatening. Highlights from the IDSA 2010 Conference The Industrial Design Society of America held it’s annual conference in Portland last week. I had the great fortune to present Ponoko’s response to “DIY: Threat or Opportunity”. I also think DIY and making are at the very core of being a designer. Some highlights in no particular order: Chad Jennings from Blurb presented his interpretation of the DIY revolution as a 3 phase development. 1: Mass customization (Nike iD) 2: People Powered Products (Moo, Blurb, Ponoko, Shapeways), 3: Towards people powered businesses. Jay Rogers talked us through how Local Motors is co-creating unique cars. Tine Latein provided us with a personal insight in the process of designing, manufacturing and market her awesome 3D printed Einzeller necklace. Martin Van Tilburg walked us through the design and development of the Toideloi Stackhouse, a modular kid’s playhouse. All in all it was an inspirational and fun week.
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