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Love to Read Love to Craft Finding it Hard to Do
Both You Need Audio Books!

post from Craftster.org Blog on 20 November 2009 06:16:00 PM. © Craftster.org Blog

Many Craftsters love to read, sometimes as much as they love to craft. The problem with loving both of these rewarding activities is that it’s almost impossible to do them both at the same time. Many of us have to budget our time nearly as carefully as our money. Luckily there is a solution to this vexing problem: Audio books! You can focus your eyes on your craft, and unlike TV you won’t need to look away. This is especially great for crafts like embroidery and needle felting - ouch! The nice folks at Random House Audio were kind enough to send over some audio books so that I could check it out.

I have to say, I really enjoyed them. I was able to get lost in the story as well as focus on my crafting (embroidery). It was a very relaxing and engaging activity. I will admit I even brought the cds in the car when I wanted to know what happened next! Here are a few things to consider when selecting audio books. Know if it’s abridged or unabridged. When a book is abridged it means that some content has been edited to make it shorter. If you are looking for a more concise version, this may be right for you, but if you don’t want to miss a word, be sure you get the unabridged version. The reader can make a huge difference. Often you won’t know who that person is, but after listening to audio books for a while you will recognize names of readers you like and those that you enjoy less. If the author is a good reader or has a very recognizable voice, such as President Obama or David Sedaris, it’s nice to hear books read by the author. In some cases I even prefer audio books over print, because of the reader. Audio books are also a great gift idea for crafters, frequent travellers, and people with impaired vision (or busy people who like to multitask!). What do you like to do while crafting?

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Strawberry Splash - Thoughts About High Speed
Photography

post from DIYPhotography.net -DIY Photography and Studio Lighting on 20 November 2009 05:40:22 PM. © DIYPhotography.net -DIY Photography and Studio Lighting

Gotta love strawberries. And gotta love strawberries in cream even more.

Maybe this is why my taste buds had me coming to this picture again and again.

Then again, it might be the technical details of the shot that drew my attention. Getting a nice splash is hard enough but getting strawberry on spoon splash is nearly impossible. Read on for some musings, thoughts and tips.

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-thoughts-about-high-speed-photography

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How-To: Open source intervalometer for Canon,
Nikon cameras

post from Daily DIY on 20 November 2009 05:05:44 PM. © Daily DIY

Instructables user peterdr has put together a really excellent tutorial on how to build his CT-1 open-source hardware intervalometer for Canon and Nikon digital cameras. There's more info about the project at his personal website, and a parts kit is for[...]

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Fresh Bread for Your Feast

post from Craftster.org Blog on 20 November 2009 04:58:00 PM. © Craftster.org Blog

Nothing smells as delicious as fresh baked bread. Why not make some for your holiday feast? There are lots of recipes on Craftster that are sure to fit in with your menu. We have picked out a variety of delicious recipes: traditional and no-knead bread, pumpernickel, dinner rolls, sweet breads, corn bread, soft pretzels, even plated made of bread!

When making bread you can form the roll or loaf into shapes such as the ear of corn and little piggies shown here, or the turtle bread posted in a previous blog. One year I made grape clusters by rolling dough into small balls and sticking them together in the shape of grapes. Add a bit of dough twisted into a stem and a dough “leaf”, and bake! It’s easier than it sounds and very impressive.

I hope are inspired as we’re going through the various elements of a holiday feast this month: salad, soup, sides, desserts, and vegetarian/vegan options. Just a few more days until the cooking begins! Save yourself time and stress by making what you can ahead of time, and enlist a kitchen assistant to help with the prep. Enjoy your feast!

For even more delicious bread recipes, click here to see all tagged projects.

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PYMT, a multi-touch library for Python

post from Daily DIY on 20 November 2009 04:00:00 PM. © Daily DIY

Interested in building programs with fancy multi-touch interfaces? Speak Python? Well, in that case you might want to have a look at PYMT. Designed for rapid interface design, it looks like it would be fun to play around with. [via the space station][...]

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Make: Projects Pneumatic trough, part II

post from Daily DIY on 20 November 2009 03:30:00 PM. © Daily DIY

Last week I wrote about how to construct a simple sheet metal "bridge," which, in combination with an ice cube bucket and an olive jar, makes an effective pneumatic trough for collecting gas samples over water. This week I'm going to show you how to use[...]

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Cardboard tube battle

post from Daily DIY on 20 November 2009 03:00:09 PM. © Daily DIY

My local library picked up on the festive trend of Cardboard Tube Fighting. The Boston Globe covered the preparations:The group discovered cardboard tube fighting last summer in time to incorporate a bit of it into a presentation on Greek mythology at a[...]

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How to Fix a Snag in a Sweater

A pulled thread can ruin the look of your knitwear, but don't despair, help is at hand. Here are easy-to-follow instructions for rescuing the situation.

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Holidash Highlight: To Stuff or Not to Stuff

Filed under: food, entertainingPhoto: HolidashThere are two kinds of Thanksgiving chefs: those who stuff and those who... well, don't stuff. To get down to the bottom of stuffing, dressing and everything-related, our friends at Holidash have a few helpful tips:If you follow cooking shows through the holiday season, you've probably heard that it's bad, bad, bad to stuff a bird -- especially if you've talked to Alton Brown. Adding a good pile of stuffing lengthens a turkey's cooking time and[...]

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Make a Barret, Wet Felting, Threadbanger Projects

Corinne's favorite barret got ruined the other day, so this week she is going to show us how-to make a felt barret using the ancient technique of wet felting! Perfect for the colder months and would make a fantastic gift for someone this holiday season. Terri's Felting Lessons http://www.feltinglessons.com Website http://www.threadbanger.comBlog http://www.threadbanger.com/blogSubmit a Video to Us! http://www.threadbanger.com/submitTwitter http://twitter.com/threadbangerFacebook http://www.facebook.com/Threadbanger

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