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Archive for July, 2008
Resisty the Resistor
Jul 8th
For the past year or so, every time I hit John up for a knitted toy idea, I’ve gotten the same enthusiastic answer:
“How about Resisty the Resistor!”
If you’re not electronically inclined, a resistor is something that regulates current in a circuit board, or at least that’s my basic understanding. What else could I expect from the author of Geek Out New York?
So, partly because I was looking for a small project to whip up yesterday, and partly because today is our second wedding anniversary, I finally broke down and made little Resisty.
Right now he’s on the hunt for a circuit board and maybe a few friends!
Update: Thank you to Michelle at the Craft blog for featuring little Resisty!
Tiny Wooden Animals
Jul 7th
Just returned from a lovely 4th of July visit with relatives in Maine. (It was cold enough at night to wear fleece to see the fireworks show!) My aunt and uncle there have the most beautiful old house, which they’ve decorated with carefully chosen antiques.
These little animals on a mantle particularly caught my eye during this visit. They are part of an antique Noah’s Ark set made in Germany. (The wooden ark was just outside the frame of my photo.)
If I had a fireplace and mantle of my own, I would want tiny wooden animals on it too.
Win These!
Jul 2nd
Aren’t these guys adorable? According the the tags, they’re hand rests to use when typing. But they also make cute blobby creatures in a pinch.
They’ll be included in the big box o’ awesome prizes to be given to the first place winner of the Mochimochi Photo Contest. You have until July 31st to enter, so… enter!
A a happy 4th of July to everybody in the US! I’ll be in Maine for the next few days.
Oh! AU
Jul 1st
New music! Verbs is the just-released album by the Portland group AU, and it’s pretty delightful.
The album is a nice mix of big, high-energy orchestrations and quieter songs, with equal weight given to vocals and instruments. I’d say the sound of Verbs lands somewhere between Sufjan Stevens and Animal Collective, which is just fine by me.
You can hear a happy song from the album, “rr. Vs. D” on the Aagoo Records website.
