Links of various sorts
Oct. 23rd, 2011 10:16 pmMaking things
This mask pattern has me wanting to learn how to tat.
Free patterns for a lot of fabulous, playa-perfect clothes. Now to work on my sewing skills.... (And, oh, look: a new fabric and yarn store in Natick; could be dangerous :-).
Substance to make objects better: sugru (related to modeling clay, but more useful)
Images
For places that have switches from meters to paying at a central location, here's a reason to leave the meters in situ.
Images of major squares around Boston, which are mostly unsquare, unsurprisingly.
in the tasteless humor (WWII visual division)...
Articles
The New Yorker's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of The Phantom Tollbooth.
In meandering around friendfriends, I found Sythyry's weird chess variant (part 1, part 2) that sounds rather unplayable, and yet fascinating.
origami-ish furniture
Does a chair with one leg shorter than the rest have a fractional leg, and therefore neither an even nor odd number of legs?
eta Also, this historic video of Russian Cossack dancing... to Run DMC music (my knees winced in appreciation while watching).
This mask pattern has me wanting to learn how to tat.
Free patterns for a lot of fabulous, playa-perfect clothes. Now to work on my sewing skills.... (And, oh, look: a new fabric and yarn store in Natick; could be dangerous :-).
Substance to make objects better: sugru (related to modeling clay, but more useful)
Images
For places that have switches from meters to paying at a central location, here's a reason to leave the meters in situ.
Images of major squares around Boston, which are mostly unsquare, unsurprisingly.
in the tasteless humor (WWII visual division)...
Articles
The New Yorker's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of The Phantom Tollbooth.
In meandering around friendfriends, I found Sythyry's weird chess variant (part 1, part 2) that sounds rather unplayable, and yet fascinating.
origami-ish furniture
Does a chair with one leg shorter than the rest have a fractional leg, and therefore neither an even nor odd number of legs?
eta Also, this historic video of Russian Cossack dancing... to Run DMC music (my knees winced in appreciation while watching).