How much wood would a woodpixel… pixel?
November 6, 2006
Woodpixel is a fancy shmancy puzzle design thingy, for artsy types, gadety types, or types in general who won’t mind plunking down a little dough for something that’s cool, however impractical it might be. 
A woodpixel set includes a 26.5cm square tray and 100 2cm cubes. Each of the cubes’ six sides has a different color of wood, so you can create tons of different patterns and designs with them. When you get tired of your design, take out the cubes and make a new one.
Woodpixel sets are not in production as of this moment, but if there is enough interest generated, they will be. Head over to Woodpixel and check it out. If you like what you see, drop them an email to let them know!
Instructables: Step-by-Step Collaboration
September 5, 2006
Looking for something to do this weekend? Have you done so much around the house that you’re out of DIY projects? Want to know how to make something weird, odd, or unusual?
You can find solutions to any of the above at the brilliant Instructables.com, an interactive repository of inspired do-it-yourself projects.
Projects include step-by-step photos and instructions, and many photos, like those on Flickr, have “hot spots”, where the author has added commentary to describe something in the photo in detail. (Well, at least I call them hot spots. They probably have some cool Web 2.0 savvy nickname that I’m not familiar with yet.)
The Instructables site is easy to navigate, and easy to use. Find projects by keywords, most recent, groups, or search for specific projects. Create an account, and submit your own instructables projects.
The Cupcake Courier
September 5, 2006
Well, someone’s done it. Someone has finally invented a way to transport cupcakes! No messy icing all over aluminum foil, and no smashing and smushing up all of your hard decorating work.
And wouldn’t you know it - the Cupcake Courier was invented by a mom. Jennifer Gunn, mother of two in southern Cali, invented the Cupcake Courier after getting fed up with all of the cupcake carrying caveats we all know and loathe.
I have to tell you, I do not actually have one of these in my hot little hands yet, but I’m on it. Look at the features the Cupcake Courier has to offer:
- Holds three stackable cupcake trays
- Each tray holds 12 cupcakes
- Made of rectangular, translucent plastic
- Comfortable handle
- Four bottom latches that hold the base securely
- Carry/store up to 36 cupcakes or muffins
- Trays are removeable, so the courier doubles as a cake holder
I hope to have one soon, so we can offer a more detailed product review, but the Cupcake Courier certainly looks like something to get excited about!
ilo 1GB MP3 Player
August 18, 2006
Cool gadget alert!
If you’re looking to get into the world of MP3 players (I was late to the game, I admit), I can now personally recommend this nifty little ilo MP3 player from Wal-Mart.
So here are the product details with my commentary (because I love to make commentary!) in bold italic - which is quite ugly, I might add, but I think you can at least see what the marketing people wrote vs. what I wrote.
- Slim, compact digital audio MP3 player - it’s cute too!
- 1 GB storage capacity - mmm a yummy gigabyte
- Stores up to 480 songs - I will never have time to add that many
- Perfect companion for working out or sports activities with sport design with rubber grip - working out? yeah, or just listening while vacuuming, ’cause ya can
- Includes case and armband for protection and accessibility - case! armband!
- Solid state memory for skip free playback - no skips here
- Simple and intuitive menus for navigation and customizing your player - yeah the menus rock
- FM tuner with 20 presets and recording capability to record your favorite radio programs - if you’re into FM, ok
- Easy to use Voice Recording feature - i recorded. it worked.
- Up to 16 hours of battery life on one AAA alkaline battery - haven’t timed it, but this does seem about right
- Supports easy drag and drop song transfer from your PC - there is a learning curve if you’re new to players in general, but it’s pretty easy once you get the hang of it
- SD/MMC memory expansion slot (up to 1GB)
- USB 2.0 connection for hi-speed music transfers
- Screen display is black LCD with white lettering and a white backlight - again, cute! woo!
- Comes with 12 pre-loaded tracks - ugh, they SUCK! delete immediately!
The price is decent, and the player comes with 10 free music downloads from walmart.com, which is a nice little bonus.
One word of caution: THIS PLAYER IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ITUNES! I repeat, THIS PLAYER IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ITUNES! Once more, for the record: THIS PLAYER IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ITUNES!
So don’t go buy one and then yell at me, k?
No iTunes was no biggie for me, as I use Wal-Mart for music downloads anyway.
Did I mention they come in purdy colors?
And you can check out the great selection of tunes available for download right here:
Price: $69.84
Available (in multiple colors) from Wal-Mart.com
Who Squidoo? I do! Do you?
August 18, 2006
Squidoo is a newish online community where anyone can easily build a page - called a lens - on any topic, idea, product, or cause that he or she is passionate about. Lenses help their finders get a perspective they cannot get from computer-selected (and often irrelevant) search results.
People who create and maintain lenses at Squidoo are called lensmasters. Lensmasters share their knowledge and expertise, gain recognition for doing so, and can build traffic for their other online ventures as well.
The folks who founded Squidoo believe that when you go online, you don’t search, or find. You’re on a quest to make sense. You poke around here and there until you’re informed and ready to take some sort of action. The thing is, this takes a long time.
Squidoo harnesses the power of personal recommendation, so that you can easily find (or share!), in one place, what matters to you.
When I have an interest in a new subject, I obsessively research it to learn as much as I can about it, as fast as I can. It can get scary. 
Because I am quite resourceful and have a lot of interests, this means I have acquired a substantial amount of information and knowledge about many things. A lot of it is useless information, but what’s useless to me might be gold to someone else. So finding Squidoo is exciting to me, and I’m already obsessing over it.
My published lenses (so far):
- Art Cards: The ABCs of ATCs and ACEOs
- What to Exclude When You’re Expecting (sound familiar?)
- Tiki Art & Culture
- Tiki Music: Exotica
More Squidoo Goo - Help for Beginners
Here are some handy links to help get started and get the most out of your experience with Squidoo:
SquidBlog
Group blog maintained by the Squidoo Team
Lens of the Day Blog
Where Squidoo shows off what lensmasters do
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