Links

  • Julie's Website: Autochthonous Evolved
    Jewelry and Lampwork Bead Design and Fabrication/Creation
  • Penny Arcade!
    Semi-daily web cartoons about video games.
  • Nuklear Power
    A web cartoon done with Final Fantasy graphics.
  • Home Star Runner
    A megaopolis of toons with a ensemble cast including Strong Bad, The Cheat, and the Teen Girl Squad. Recommended e-mails: Dragon, Virus.
  • Weebl's Stuff
    Very funny flash toons from across the pond. Recommended Toons: Kenya, Cucumbers. Recommended Weebl & Bob: Pastry, Christmas 4.
  • Snopes Urban Legends Reference
    This is where you go to see if you NEED to pass on that e-mail that was forwarded to you.
  • MSN
    Soft, mindless news and articles for leisurely reading.
  • CNN
    Hard-hitting news for the discriminating reader.
  • NASA Image of the Day
    Ooooh. Pretty!

Do-It-Youtself

These are all from Bre Pettis and MAKE Magazine. Julie got them from going to the iTunes store, checking out the free podcasts, and downloading the MAKE Magazine video podcasts and project instructions. You can also go to http://makezine.com/podcast.

To get you interested, here are some of the more interesting project PDFs:
  • Balloon Siege Weapon
    A small trebuchet you can make in an afternoon out of PVC pipe.
  • Hack Your Brain
    A portable sound and light machine that can help you speed up or slow down your brain wave frequencies.
  • Mousey the Junkbot
    A little light seeking robot housed in a computer mouse that will motor around your house and when it bumps into things, it’ll reverse for a few seconds before scurrying away.
  • Power Tool Drag Racer
    This is, amazingly, a pretty self-explanatory title and something you can do with old power tools.
  • Printed Circuit Boards
    An extremely interesting project that, unmodified, will produce a simple blinking light circuit.
  • Single Speed Bike
    Using just an old bicycle frame (no handles, no tires ...), how to construct a working single-speed bicycle.
  • Solar Powered Robots
    Using spare electronics components (perhaps from old things you've taken apart) and build a small moving solar-powered robot.
  • Tabletop Biosphere
    Go on a field trip to a local marsh or pond and use these instructions to create a closed ecosystem for your windowsill.
  • Trash Bag Messenger Bag
    Not as trashy as you might think, this project focuses on recycling and imparting new value to old "trash" (and a use for those plastic store bags of which we all have too many).