Posts Tagged play
Make: Cracker Box Amp
So I found this make-yer-own-amp project in Make magazine and thought it was a good excuse to learn how to solder electronics and such-like. Plus, it was my friend’s 40th birthday and since I didn’t want to bequeath him another backgammon set I figured an amp-in-a-box might be a good gift. Many thanks to Cairn […]
Dragonflies!!!
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 5, 2011
Me and young’un #1 were out for a paddle in the canoe at the cottage this evening, and we came across a dragonfly that had fallen in the water. Since it’s incredibly hard to fly while your gossamer wings are covered in water droplets I scooped the small guy out if the water on the […]
Solar Windmill
Posted by admin in incunabula on March 29, 2011
My latest toy is a solar toy kit that I bought through the good folks at Make Magazine. It has enough parts to make six different configurations and everything comes in a 25x15cm -or so- box. The instructions said that you could just snap the pieces out, but I ended up using snips. Then I […]
Four-Square Chess
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 9, 2011
My five year old came up with a new way to play chess; it’s an especially great way to play chess with someone who doesn’t know how to play chess properly. The game starts with all the pieces arranged around the perimeter of the board, organized by pawns alternating on their native colour and then […]
Friday September Canadian Ale
Thanks the goodness for the days of vacationing. Yay. Made me some beer today. Yup. Beer. Mmmm nothing like making your own beer. It’s satisfying. In an artisanal way. Alice Cooper is really cool. I’m just now watching “Suck,” a nice Canadian film. Good stuff. “You drank the guy,” is pretty-much the best quote from […]