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06 Mar, 2007

craziest. neighbor. ever.

Posted by: Dave In: DIY|Film|Weird

[youtube]hlUbZhsxcWI[/youtube] As seen on ToolMonger. Enjoy. -Dave

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10 Dec, 2006

Ever swat a bug with a newspaper?

Posted by: Dave In: Design|DIY|Weird

This origami site offers the crease patterns for all sorts of origami bugs and creatures. Not a single cut is made on these paper sculptures. They are weird, creepy, amazing and beautiful all at the same time. These paper bugs may one day overthrow our rolled-up-newspaper-bug-swatting society. There will be chaos in the libraries and [...]

Justine here. Been awhile. Since I completely dissed P-town last year, I feel the need to make reparation to my loyal readers who may have held a divergent opinion. I hate Portland no longer now that I’m able to accept it for what it is, rather than seeing it as a safe haven away from [...]

16 Oct, 2006

Human ingenuity is cool

Posted by: Dave In: DIY|Science|Technology

[youtube]lRRDzFROMx0[/youtube] Wally Wallington, of Flint Michigan, is a pretty clever man.  Using mere levers and counter-weights he has moved some staggering weights (including moving an entire pole-barn about 300 feet). My favorite quote from Wally “Gravity is my favorite tool.” I love seeing examples of people who have accomplished amazing things in such a simple, [...]

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15 Oct, 2006

Swedish Hell

Posted by: Dave In: Books|DIY|Misc|Music

I just finished putting together a massive wall of book shelves and CD racks from Swedish Hell. It took me the better part of 5 hours to complete the whole thing. We are attempting to clean up our apartment and needed some major storage to do so. We were a few weeks away from looking [...]

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11 Oct, 2006

Pumpkinstein

Posted by: Dave In: DIY|Weird

You can find out how to make this cool 3D pumpkin sculpture at Make Magazine.  Pretty cool, huh? -Dave

29 Sep, 2006

The sweatshirt that shall not be named

Posted by: Dave In: DIY|Web|Weird

You can make anything on the internet these days. I made this at Neighborhoodies.com. They’re a nutty little company from NYC and will deliver your customized t-shirt or sweatshirt to you in a speedy fashion. They have all sorts of fonts and images you can choose from to decorate your clothing with. I will be [...]

One of the most interesting winter caps I’ve even seen. A crafty blogger posted the plans on how to actually knit this on her blog here. (You know you want one.) -Dave


Categories


  • epiphenita: Like Tom Waits without the music.
  • epiphenita: Reminds me of my good friend's artwork: http://victoriacarlson.blogspot.com/2009/06/untitled.html
  • Dave: I think someone should make some dance music from those "WHOAHs."
  • epiphenita: Oh, Dave. That was tonic to my soul. Perfect. I vote for an exorcism.
  • Dave: Hmm, looks sober to me.
  • Scott: I'm thinking that the guy with the hat might have had a drink or two before this picture was taken. Just a hunch...
  • Scott: There's a roleplaying scenario just waiting to be written based on these pictures. :-)
  • nathan: I think the dude just loves profanity.
  • Hitler VonHitler: I'm expecting the suck.
  • Scott: This visual sums it up about as nicely as anyone could ask.

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