This app, Project Polaroid will take pictures from your iPhone and convert them to look like they were taken with a Polaroid. Snap and save to your camera roll. Nifty! Link to iTunes App Store, free.
Listerine as Bug Repellent?
This blog posting claims that spraying Listerine will repel or even kill mosquitoes. I'll have to try this next summer. The mosquitoes make it really unpleasant to be outside in the evening at the peak of summer. Link.
Fancy a slice of Turbaconducken this Thanksgiving?
Oohh, is that peppered bacon? When people start stuffing animals in animals, there really can be no end to the madness. I don't think it's kosher either. Maybe it's a “Palin turkey” too. Link.
How to Solder Correctly and Why
I found this video on a Hack A Day post in the comments. It's a wonderful visual guide of how to solder correctly but also why you should do it this way.
Making Green Tomato Pickles
We grow a modest amount of tomatoes here at home, they're so much better than what you can buy in the store. But they certainly don't last that long. When the frost came recently, I decided rather than let the green tomatoes still on the vine go to waste outside, I'd try to pickle them. […]
Yep, I bought it: Bloom
I first heard about Bloom from some co-workers when we were exchanging App ideas. I heard Brian Eno was involved with it and became very interested. I like some of his early work, especially Ambient 1: Music for Airports. The program doesn't take any musical talent to play (although it might help some). You just […]
New iPhone/iPod Touch Apps, Pricedrops
This site is great because it two RSS/Twitter feeds that you can follow. One to alert you when there are new apps in the App Store (read: possibly free or low cost to drum up interest). The other alerts when an existing app drops the price on sale (“This weekend only!” ploy). Why “148Apps”? That's […]
A Geek’s Christmas Buying Guide, Part 1
Meet the Danger Shield. It was created by Zach Smith and demoed first at NYC Resistor. What is it for? Whatever you want to do with it! No, but seriously, it's a shield (meaning it fits on top of the Arduino, connecting to every pin) and provides a multitude of input and output options for […]
MINI vs. Tahoe
This picture of a MINI and a Tahoe (on it's side!) are just amazing. The physics of the accident seem to have been in the MINI's favor, but still. I enjoy the first comment, “Is this some kind of metaphor for the domestic auto industry?” After the not-so-big three's performance in front of Congress, maybe […]
Longest. Lapse. EVAR.
Yikes, last post was in August. Didn't think anyone still was reading (is this thing on?) but apparently you are. I'll try to dig up some more stuff and post it here.