I just love these beautiful jar lamps by Bay Area artist Marin Camille Hood, found over at Recyclart. It's a great idea for what to do with extra glass around the house, and the light patterns made through crochet netting are deli...

I am a member of the School Improvement Advisory Committee (SIAC) for the Sibley-Ocheyedan Community Schools Distict (S-O CSD). It is a committee made up of community members, teachers and students. Our mission is to formulate and p...

Lily Chin’s Knitting Tips & Tricks: Shortcuts and Techniques Every Knitter Should Know Lily Chin’s Crochet Tips & Tricks: Shortcuts and Techniques Every Crocheter Should Know These two books both make easy reading, they are down to...

Robots are after my job. Researchers at the Intelligent Systems Informatics Lab (ISI) at Tokyo University have developed a journalist robot that can autonomously explore its environment and report what it finds. The robot detects ch...

Walking through a parking lot and coming across a handmade car seat cover that looked like this would totally make my day! Becky of Beck's Blog crocheted this car seat cover of Severus Snape, one of the characters in the Harry Pot...

A spectacular welcome-home sight greeted me today: dozens of red-and-purple poppies! When we left for a Florida road trip on March 6, these seedlings were just beginning to bud. Nearly two weeks of sun and a few rain showers work w...

I finally got around to making my daughter some hair clips. This has been on the to-do list for quite some time now. Since I had all the supplies out, I made a second set as a gift (pictured above). And because I was feeling extr...

When I visited my cousin last week, his daughter Neeka Mashouf (age 13) and two of her classmates (Nicole Bronstein and Sydney Schonefeld) were deeply engaged in creating a stop-motion animation film for a class project, complete ...

Sean @ Make: Online writes: You know, as long as human beings have been squinting and poking at the tiny eyes of sewing needles, it's pretty amazing that it's taken so long for some clever inventor to address the problem. These ...

CasaSugar shows you how to make your own artwork with tape, inspired by her recent trip to Italy. Learn how to make your own sculptural rose tape artwork from her tutorial. Read this article | Comment on this article...

It appears we are stuck on stupid when it comes to dealing with wild animals. Like a dangerous intersection, how many tragedies need to take place before someone figures out that having vehicles traveling toward each other from four...

I don’t think I’ve posted any crocheted items here on Wear it This Weekend, but since it’s National Crochet Month, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to share this awesome crochet pattern! AprilDraven made this simple pat...

Magnus Carlsen and Vassil Ivanchuk lead the annual Amber tournament, the year's most unusual event and a favorite stop for the world's top players.

Fishing is a relaxing and peaceful activity that is becoming more popular.To experience the joy of fishing and not have the hassles, here are a few essentials for trout fishing.First, of course, a rod is needed as without this, t...

The nature blogging world is full of givers. You know what I mean by that… people who give unstintingly of their time, passion, and expertise. After all, in many ways, blogging is the worst kind of job, one with daily deadlines and ...

I imagine the only thing that could make this Death Star watermelon any cooler would be if its sculptor, Flickr user Silverisdead, was able to replicate the Death Star's epic explosion. Can you imagine the mess? Nice. [via NOTCOT]...

The only thing that Betz White's Toadstool Rain Bucket Hat are missing is a pair of these clever recycled plastic bag rain boots. Louie Rigano of the RISD Waste for Life studio designed these as a sustainable product that could be...

Petite Planet shows you how to make these adorable washcloth bunnies for your Easter baskets. It's a great way to hold little treats in them too without using those plastic egg containers! Read this article | Comment on this arti...

NIKO is a collaborative effort to build a Twitter-controlled robot as part of the Noika PUSH N900 Mod in the USA campaign. Recently team member Eric posted this short video showing his progress. At the end of Sunday I got the N9...