warning: you might be afraid to sleep or go into the woods after watching this video.
I just wanted to freak you out, I don’t have anything to say.
via: Geekologie
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“ All the buildings on Treasure Island will meet the gold standard of the U.S. Green Building Council, further reducing energy consumption.”
Taken from the recent article in Popular Mechanics revealing new plans to use San Francisco’s Treasure Island as a testing center for new green building developments and ideas.
That’s what they said, ALL the buildings. That’s pretty sweet.
Some of the other new features planned for Treasure Island’s green makeover include completely redesigning the infrastructure of the island to taking into consideration the amount sun and wind exposure unique to the location.
Sometimes it blows my mind that city planners hadn’t taken any of this into consideration when they had originally designed the city. What did they study in school and what were they getting paid for? I mean, granted they didn’t think about the effects of global warning, use of fossil fuels, etc. when the island was built in 1939 but even the Ancient Greeks knew about building their homes to receive winter sun and summer shade.
The article goes into more details as to the some of the projects they already have planned for the island. I’m really exited about this since I visit the Bay Area quite often. I’ve actually never been to Treasure Island myself but I’m thinking this will be great excuse to go on my next trip and get some “before” shots taken.
If you’ve got old computers laying around that aren’t old enough to be antiques but not new enough to be functional you can turn them into stuff… that’s right, stuff!
From Instructables, comes this tutorial on how to deconstruct an old desktop keyboard to create a new money holder, a.k.a wallet.
Freakin’ sweet, right? I’ve looked it and you might need to cannibalize two keyboards to make this wallet. Of course they also suggest that you can make a checkbook cover and it seems like that would require less materials. Also, if you’re techy but not necessarily so crafty there’s no sewing invoved so as long as you have knowledge of how to cut and tape, you’re all set.
They also offer some suggestions on what to do with the other parts of the keyboard:
Keys - make magnets, clocks, or notes to loved ones (I Ctrl U!)
Plastic casing - If your area accepts #6 or 7 plastics for recycling do that.
Metal - Recycle as scrap or use as a surface for projects that use glue, solder, or other messy activities.
hat tip: Planet Green
from the flickr set Coffee Tables
I just realized I never made a post about Wired’s NextFest 2007 that I attended this summer. I wanted to reference it in this post… but it does not exist. Anyway, these twinkly LED coffee table creations from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories and Because We Can totally remind me of an exhibit I saw at NextFest. The tables are modded to light up when the motion sensors are triggered. Thanks to these pictures now I really want to make one and now I’m thinking I should probably attend the next Maker Faire.
Check out more cool shit from Because We Can and Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories.