If you haven’t seen the Canadian based Red Green Show, then you really are missing one of the best comedies involving junk creation and just plain funny humor about males, duct tape, and male lodge behavior. The Belleville Intelligencer recently posted an article that features Harold, the geeky nephew from the Red Green Show, and his enormous keyboard. In his post McKenna: no love lost for monster laptop, author Luke Hendry shares a portion of his interview with Harold (Pat McKenna) and I have quoted a portion of the portion below: Pat McKenna is most famous for his roles as the stressed-out, half-crazed Marty on Traders and the goofy tech-head nephew Harold on The Red Green Show. When I spoke to McKenna by phone Tuesday, we talked briefly... [Read more]

Today will be a similar post to the previous few, but it will be another scrap leather ring, instead of the rubber one from last week. I’ll focus on designing this particular ring, since it is a bit problematic.  This design is a bit problematic to describe because it takes some spatial perception, and that means that it is very hard to describe the process. To start with, you need to measure your finger (see my previous Scrap Leather Ring post for further details on this process).  After that, you must lay out the pattern.  Below is what the pattern for this particular ring looks like: I didn’t bother making it to scale, because your fingers will probably be smaller than mine.  However, you will want to notice that I left room... [Read more]

I thought that Joel over at the Life Goggles blog put together a really great post that threw together several blogs and sites very applicable to this site: Green Link Love – Other Great Green Sites 2.  (We can forgive him for leaving me out.  Seriously, though, he invites people to tell him what to put on next, so it isn’t like I won’t get my chance.) I especially liked his paragraph about eco art: Fancy some eco art? Eco Artware creates gifts from recycled , reused and natural materials. If coasters made from re-used metal traffic signs, or a bottle opener made from an old bike chain sound good to you, then take a look. Life Goggles will be reviewing some of their products over the next few months (i.e. when I buy something... [Read more]

Last Scrap Rubber Ring Post I explained about measuring and cutting the rubber for your ring.  This time, I’m going to help you finish it off. First, figure out which side of the rubber is the inside and which is the outside, for both pieces.  Next, lay one piece exactly on top of the other with the insides of both pieces inside.  Slide the top piece so that it only half of the bottom piece. This will stagger the joints so that your ring will turn out round, but with an inner joint above your finger and an outer joint below. Next, begin stitching along the length of the pieces (beginning at the corner halfway along the matching piece).  I suggest stitching at least 1/16 in away from the edge and about the same length from your previous... [Read more]

Sometimes, people’s creativity just plan makes me wonder.  Such is the case with the pictured item. The simplicity of this particular invention is in the design. Thought the creator of this project (I found the picture and story here) seems to have simply removed all of the guts from an old Walkman style tape player.  As we all can see, it now houses soap. I love simple little projects like this, don’t you?  I wonder what his shampoo rests in–maybe an old boombox? [Read more]