Tag: diy

  • Light catchers

    I really like my wife’s latest DIY project: these colourful light catchers.

  • Electronics kits are making a big comeback

    Electronics kits are making a big comeback

    Electronics kits seem to be popular again and that is terrific news. Our son is excited about electronics and there is so much he can do these days.

  • Blog migration, destruction and recovery in 873 easy steps

    Blog migration, destruction and recovery in 873 easy steps

    This is a story of momentary triumph, devastation and recovery. It was a collaborative effort but the real hero is Nathan Jeffery who you can read more about at the end of this post (so please keep reading). I had two sites a few days ago which I decided to merge into one. The one…

  • Reconstruction in progress

    Update (2014-10-28): The site has been restored. You can read all about what happened in this post. I managed to kill my site (again) over the weekend. You’ll notice that there are a couple recent posts and then the posts go all the way back to 2011. That represents efforts over the weekend to restore…

  • Lunchtime project: a primitive cardboard projector

    Our son is home sick so we came up with the idea of making a cardboard projector during lunch today. We used an old Jungle Oats cereal box, a toilet roll core and cling wrap for a basic lens. We secured the cling wrap using an elastic band (hair elastic in our case) and we…