TetraBox Light by Ed Chew & Yanko Design Liquid to Light Designer Ed Chew takes a green step in the right direction with the TetraBox lamp, a light object made from discarded drink packets that would have otherwise ended up in landfills already packed to the brim. The design is achieved by unfolding the packets and refolding them into hexagonal and pentagonal sections that are then pieced together to form a geodesic sphere or any other desired shape. Here, the Epcot-like ball makes an attractive overhead light and casts an impressive web of shadows and shapes on the surrounding space. Designer: Ed Chew
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein - StumbleUpon [Note: This list of Einstein quotes was being forwarded around the Internet in e-mail, so I decided to put it on my web page. I'm afraid I can't vouch for its authenticity, tell you where it came from, who compiled the list, who Kevin Harris is, or anything like that. Still, the quotes are interesting and enlightening.] "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Copyright: Kevin Harris 1995 (may be freely distributed with this acknowledgement)
DIY: The SunCat Solar Rechargeable Battery by Doug Gunzelmann on February 17, 2009 Knut Karlsen constructed his very own solar rechargeable batteries that can sit out in the light and convert the suns rays into stored power. He has documented this DIY project to create the prototype SunCat battery. “The batteries should just bask in the sun like a cat and left for a while, in a sunny window, they would slowly recharge.” Solar charges meant to juice up your battery powered gadgets, like the Solio, have been on the market for years. Turns out Knut has some connections at the Institute for Energy Technology or IFE (very convenient contacts!) Knut attached the solar cells (which were already the correct dimensions) to old rechargeable NiMH batteries. Next, he used contacts from an old camera to connect the negative pole to the photo voltaic cells with the help of a conductive silver pen to finish the connection. This type of charging arrangement is called a trickle charger and works by slowly charging the battery. About the Author:
letters to crushes I smile a lot. And, if I'm being honest, it's more out of habit than anything. I smile when a teacher calls on me and I don't know the answer, and I smile at the pretty girls with their bright red lipstick hanging on to the boys with the slicked over hair, and I smiled during my grandfather's funeral while I starred blankly at his closed casket, because his body was too deterriorated by disease to be seen. You were the only one to ask me why I smile. I had never really seen you smile before, and to be honest I never really wanted to; you always wore a smirk, and it just seemed to fit your face better, just looked a bit more natural. But, regardless, you asked me, looking at me as if I held this secret to the universe, as if I was going to unlock something within you with some unworldly advice. It was late one night, after class, and I was hanging out in the studio when I let myself break down. You've been giving me reasons to smile ever since.
DIY - how to make a cereal box wallet D-I-Y > Food box wallet description: The cool graphics on cereal boxes are much too valuable to throw away. Turn it into something that you can store your valuables inside. ingredients: - empty food box - like a cereal box - elastic cord - paper template you can download here - you need Adobe Reader to view tools: - scissors - pencil - ruler - paper scoring tool - like a butter knife or bent paperclip - small paperpunch (1/8" hole) or tack instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Eat. Live. Laugh. and sometimes shop!: 50 most beautiful English words. A few weeks ago I ran across a list, which I shared with you, of 33 Ways to Stay Creative. One suggestion was to read a page in the dictionary. That one stuck with me. It made me pause and think: When was the last time I even looked up a word in a real {not online} dictionary? A very long time ago is the answer to that query. I certainly do not fancy myself a wordsmith {an expert in the use of words}, but I am interested by words, especially unused or underused words. Where were the kids you ask? I have no idea. So today I bring you a few of my favorite words. Becoming - attractive. I'm off to gambol around with my children as we enjoy the halcyon days of summer! Cheers!
Re-purposing: Tshirts into 5-strand-braided-headbands I was walking through Target a few weeks ago and noticed this little knit fabric headband that was not just braided together…….but woven. I decided they were charging way too much for something that could be made with t-shirt scraps. And that means free. So there you have it. A nice and easy project to give my bad-hair-day head some love. (Or you may need one for working out. I kinda love it on my little girl . She always has little hair fly-aways that get into her face…….and this helps with that problem. It even works great with her hair down…..and keeps that hair tucked behind her ears. And yep, good for me too. Thanks little t-shirt scraps. Want to make your own? First, find some old t-shirts. Then, cut your fabric into long strips. Next, stack your 5 strips on top of each other and sew together at one end. Now, pull on each strip of fabric so that they kind of curl on the edges. But let me explain a little better. First, you’ll work on the left side. And that’s it. This post is sponsored by:
"How to Write a Paper at the Last Minute (Also Known As: The... - StumbleUpon Let's face it: we've all been there. It's 9 p.m. on a Sunday night, and you have a 15-page research paper due tomorrow that you have barely started. You've had a month to do it, but somehow, all you've managed is to check out a few books from the library and jot down a working thesis. You've checked Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, FMyLife, PerezHilton, and CollegeHumor (obviously) each about a million times, and now you're finally left staring at a blank Microsoft Word document, a cold dread settling into your stomach. So what now? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.