... people who thought it was just wrong and would never take off. I'm not sure where I found it but someone mentioned making vanilla extract from scratch for some handmade Christmas presents and ... how hard can it be? For some reason I've been on this kick of making things on my own. Since making my own salsa ever since we were first married I realized that first of all its really cheap (I ...

... to write on this blog. Maybe some time soon. But here's what I have been up to: Making Things I decided I would try to do as many hand-made Christmas gifts ... set. Doubtful. Instead, I'm hand-stitching some things for children (simple). Also, I'm sort-of bumbling ... test in one week. So maybe you can see why I haven't been blogging. Making + learning is hard work! Good thing ...

... and our creative approach. They have an international infrastructure, but they're just starting to do things like the deal we did with them." As part of the deal, TBG will move its ... a statement. "This is the next evolutionary step in our adventure towards making things awesome." Sounds awesome! But, to be fair, the Mad Men expressed a similar sentiment after Britain' ...

... . They're now erroneously reporting on the book's contents and are repeating many of the same things they spewed during the campaign and afterwards. We've heard 11 writers are engaged in this ... , they did a great job holding some of the media accountable for spreading more misinformation and for making things up. You can read it here. Enjoy! And I can't wait to see you! God bless ...

... website and a couple of cool videos. The goal is to change people’s behavior by making the desired behavior more fun. The two examples below — taking the stairs, and recycling glass bottles — definitely show how things are different when they are made more fun. So, what do you think? Both of these cases would definitely be fun for both kids and adults.

... , but not surprisingly, the AP somehow nabbed a copy of the book before it was released. They’re now erroneously reporting on the book’s contents and are repeating many of the same things they spewed during the campaign and afterwards. We’ve heard 11 writers are engaged in this opposition research, er, “fact checking” research! Imagine that – 11 AP reporters ...

... word "hypothesis" in sentence with a blank, but no one really cared if the students internalized the concept. As we drove Ian to his gym class, Jonah and I practiced coming up with hypotheses about things that we spied on the edge of the road. "Jonah, come up with a hypothesis about a fire hydrant. How about: a fire hydrant can shoot out more water in the summer time than in the ...

Recently Samuel's favorite thing to do, aside from puzzles, is identify things. He gets all excited when he knows a new word, but now he's discovered a way of being able to identify everything. If he doesn't actually know the word for something, he now says, "Ca c'est ca." The best interpretation I can think of is "this is that." Yup, that is that, you' ...

... sneaker by Swedish studio, SEIN. Notes about SEIN (from bio): The adventures of SEIN started in 2002 when Thomas Walde and Alain Schibli met at local art school. Realizing that not enough things are burning, they decided to start a creative fire in 2004. It began with silkscreen-printing and organizing art-events. First exhibitions and products followed. Winning the Nike play-award in Berlin ...

The Portland State University Art and Social Practice program is calling for contributions to a 2010 conference, "Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse." "Open Engagement" is a free conference, May 14-17, 2010, in Portland, Oregon. Directed by Jen Delos Reyes and ...

Swallowing an entire bottle of Klonopin in a suicide attempt then assaulting three nurses at a hospital and threatening to rape their families — well, that would be a bad day for anybody. But after the dust settled on Junie Browning's Las Vegas misadventure last month, he was embarassed and apologetic, telling Fighters Only, "I have a lot of problems and I'm working on them...I ...

Coordinating schedules and getting people in one place- for a shower/bachelorette party- can be a logistical nightmare. Oftentimes, friends and family are scattered about the country (or coming in from another one!), and it's important to remember this - even when you as the bride are not planning the activities. So what happens if a lot attendees are from out of town? My suggestion? ...

Start: Nov 28 2009 - 11:00am End: Nov 29 2009 - 5:00pm VGroove Studios Presents "UpCycle - Making Things Better". Victor Perez and Jason Podlaski showing Upcycled skateboards, Minna Aaparyti showing upcycled jewelry and books, Terry Reilly showing paintings and painted glass bowls. 306 East Girard, 11/28 11am to 10pm, 11/29 12pm to 5pm. Hope to see you there!

So, I'm spinning. I have even MADE REAL YARN. I am so impressed with myself :-) Anyway, Yarn Skein One was done up on a niddy noddy made of TinkerToys. Hey, I needed one, and we had them hanging around in a closet (Aside: we also have Lego and Duplo bricks, Brio trains, and wooden blocks. I keep them around for visiting small people. Or big people who like to play with Lego.) That niddy ...

Click here to view the embedded video. Pain can be a beautiful thing. And in my case quite an inspiring thing too. For the last 5 days I’ve been stuck in hospital with severe back pains – which have meant I’ve been totally bed bound, and completely dependent on the nurses at Kings College Hospital London (who have – by the way – been really great!) Anyway, lying ...