I am going to miss this show so much when it ends. Leslie needed two wedding rings asap. Ron took care of it.
When I grow up, I want to be Ron Swanson.
Ron Swanson is the Patron Saint of Makers – His Finest Moment on Parks and Rec
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Sibéal’s Halloween Eye of Deatttttttttth
Myself and Sibéal put together a really simple but effective spooky eye for Halloween recently. It caused great interest in her school during Halloween dress-up day just before mid-term.
It simply consists of an old ping-pong ball with a hole dremeled into it and large bright red LED inserted into the hole. That’s connected via a resistor and long wires down her arm to her wrist which has a PP9 battery taped to it. That leads to an on-off switch in her hand so she can catch people unaware.
It is genuinely scary in the dark and the bright LED created freaky concentric circles which were missing when we used a smaller duller LED.
The main things it made us think of were Terminator, the Daleks and Davros.
Time to start planning next Halloween.
Nerdy Derby – Looks like a blast
The Nerdy Derby is a no-rules* miniature car building and racing competition inspired by the Cub Scouts’ Pinewood Derby. With a larger, more undulating track and no restrictions on the size of the cars or materials participants can use, the Nerdy Derby rewards creativity, cleverness and ingenuity.
The first-ever Nerdy Derby will take place at World Maker Faire New York on September 29th and 30th at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. Visitors can bring their own cars to race, choose from a selection of pre-built cars, or make their cars on site in our workshop.
littleBits looks perfect for younger kids to experiment. Anyone using?
I might be able to wean my youngest off Barbie with these cool littleBits. She’s bloody obsessed with dolls and she didn’t get the obsession from us!
What is littleBits? from littleBits on Vimeo.