This is on top of a fridge in a break room at work.
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The kids and I came up the escalator at Barnes and Noble to be greeted by this DIY Guides endcap. They recognized Jane and Sarina’s dad, Mark, right away, and then pointed out that I have most of those other books on my bookshelf, including the excellent Make: imprinted books.
I ordered a few different sources of quinine to make my own tonic water. This is the first to arrive! Chinchona bark from Tenzing Momo in Seattle. It’s almost exactly a year since our gang from DisneyToon Studios descended upon Ed’s Bar Tonique in New Orleans to be educated by the man himself about homemade tonic. I’m finally getting around to making my own. Will update as I go.
Make: television is up for an Emmy award and the winners will be announced tonight! We’re up against Martha Stewart, This Old House, and two Style network shows. Wish us luck!
Producer Richard Hudson, Make: publisher Dale Dougherty, myself and my wife Erin will be attending. I’ve got a tux and everything! I’ll be tweeting @johnedgarpark and try to get some photos.
I’m almost done packing for Maker Faire. So excited to see lots of friends, meet people, learn new skills, and see what amazing project people have been cooking up. I’ll be bringing a few projects to show at the Make: Projects Stage and Maker Shed, including the Arduino Nerf Sentry Gun. Hope to see you there!
I just picked up 70lbs. of green coffee beans that I’m splitting with a friend of mine. Sadly, a friend of a friend’s roasting business just went bust, so they had quite a supply of beans to sell off at bargain prices. Normally, I pay about $6 per lb. for beans, I got these for $1.50 per lb.
It’s going to be fun roasting them over the coming year. Left alone they should keep for a year, and I can get another 6 mo. to a year out of them if I bag and freeze them.
The lovely Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh sent me some packs of Sugru modeling repair/mod/hacking silicone to review for the next volume of Make: magazine. Here’s a preview of the tea kettle repair I performed.
I’m not sure I want to know why this ring is around the moon in LA tonight.
I’m very pleased with these goggles I got from my mother-in-law and father-in-law for Christmas. They’re getting a lot of wear around the house, as well as when I’m in the shop doing pointy, dangerous things.
Go get some for yourself at Restoration Hardware.
This is the greenest temporary enclosure I’ve ever used. This carton has served as: an egg carton, an art supply for my kids, and now a button box and circuit board enclosure for a project I’m developing.
Don’t worry, I’ll erase all of that eco-friendliness when the finished version is made from freeze-dried petroleum and panda skulls.
