She may sound elderly, but according to her profile, Grandma Thunderpants, creator of these excellent necklaces, is only 22 years old. She makes massive artworks – which she doesn't sell – and tiny pieces of jewellery – which she does. These necklaces have been created in polymer clay and each … [Read more...]
Game of Thrones S2 E8: The Prince of Winterfell review
This week's episode was brought to you by the C word. It was a funny old episode this week. In parts it was very slow-moving, feeling more like it was lining up the characters for the final act rather than telling a story. But in other ways it was thrilling, especially scenes involving Tyrion or … [Read more...]
Free crochet pattern: Nyan Cat Bookmark (hair band?)
When craft and web geekery collide, only good things can happen (just going to ignore What Not to Crochet for the sake of this article). Fresh from winning the Webby Awards' Meme of the Year Award, we present the Nyan Cat Crochet Bookmark pattern. The Nyan Cat meme is – like all good memes – … [Read more...]
Crazy 2D handbags made by Jump from Paper
It will come as no surprise that these Jump From Paper bags were inspired by Manga comics. Taiwanese designers, Rika and Chay love humour and like their fashions to be "amusing and playful". There's no denying their 2D bags are full of fun. But they're practical too, with enough space to … [Read more...]
UV Swimwear: Little Red Fish does retro bathers for children
Little Red Fish swimwear range from Babies in Sheep's Clothing gets double Brownie points: 1. for providing 50+ UPF protection from the sun's rays; 2. for coming in styles that are both unisex and not inappropriately slinky for small people. Little Red Fish UV Bathers The Having sighed over … [Read more...]
Union Jack gadget gubbins
It's the Jubilee! What does that mean? It means it's time for us to do some themed content! Like every other UK website! Hurray! As we well know, the burning question on every dork's mind is "just how do I make my technology more patriotic?" Luckily, we have the answer: union flag … [Read more...]
Free Link from Zelda crochet and knit pattern
This is a very simple crochet (or knit!) retro, pixellated Link (and the Triforce!) pattern from Nintendo's Zelda game. It was made with love by your editor and is now available for you to download and hack to your heart's content. This is the first attempt, so I hope to see many improvements on … [Read more...]
Felicia Day and Colin Ferguson crochet and talk nerd!
Ah, Felicia, Felicia, Felicia! How do we love thee? Etc As we all know, Fe-Day is supreme in all respects, which is why it will come as no surprise that she can crochet and say amusing things all at the same time. Colin Ferguson also goes from novice to crocheting ninja in the space of about … [Read more...]
Devolo HomePlug: How to create a home internet network through your power sockets
The Devolo dLAN 500 AVmini may have a really boring name (did you even get this far into the sentence? Have a cookie!) but it's such a clever little thing that you'll be able to forgive it. The problem: Our HomeHub is on the top floor of our house (it was the only working phone socket when we … [Read more...]
Free! Jolly Roger Skull and Crossbone crochet and knitting pattern
Your loving editor aims to please, which is why she (or "I" if you prefer the first person) made this pirate ship pattern for free. It's a very simple crochet (or knit!) skull and crossbones pirate flag pattern! You can download the pattern here, or keep reading for the full info. Download … [Read more...]
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