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Woodworking Project ‘Curvy’ Complete

Fred — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:10:41 +0000

I almost forgot to write an update on my latest woodworking project! I laid my finishing touches on it well over a week ago but I couldn’t write about it until today.

Why, you may ask? Well, you see — it was a Christmas gift for my father. Here is a link to the previous post. Anyway, here it is, the Alder Wood Candle Holder:

It turned out real nice and I’m doing two more after the Christmas break. I’ve already started and I can’t wait to get back to work! Bigger pics of the piece can be viewed at my Flickr page. Two more in the works…

Woodworking – New Project!

Fred — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:11:18 +0000

We had our yearly Christmas Bazaar a few weeks ago (November 25:th). I missed out since I was at the hospital.

It was a huge success and our woodworking department sold almost everything we had worked on during the year.

So, it’s time to start anew with a fresh project. I chose to do a new light holder, it’ll make a perfect Christmas present and I hope it’ll be ready in time! Project name: ‘Curvy’. The first step was cutting it out in the band saw, then quite a bit of work on the belt sander, then back again to the saw doing the cut outs. After a few turns back and forth it’s sanding by hand — I guess it’ll take… forever. Sanding by hand is tedious but it’s totally worth it. I’ll keep you guys in the loop!

BigFace Case for iPod Shuffle is Silly

Fred — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:50:42 +0000

I don’t even know why I’m posting this. A silly case for a silly little mp3 player.

The BigFace case allows 1st and 2nd generation ipod Shuffle users to operate the Shuffle while wearing gloves. The BigFace site sports a pic of a healty guy and gal out on the slopes for a day of fun. If you need to change tracks while snowboarding/skiing you A. failed at compiling a banging playlist back at the lodge B. are not enjoying snowboarding/skiing. Are the couple on the company site even wearing the device around their pink necks? Looks like a five year old did some Photoshop magic to tell you the truth.

And another thing – you bought the wrong mp3-player. If you are looking for a tiny device with good audio quality – not decent – good, you need to buy the SanDisk Sansa Clip.

Ahhh, that felt good.

[via iLounge]

Church Converted Into Bookstore

Fred — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:44:38 +0000

Now this is cool. A 13th-century Dominican church in Maastricht, Holland turned into a bookstore by architecture firm Merkx+Girod. It’s a Flash site so there’s no way to link to the project, insted go to their site and click;

Projects>Retail>Shops>Selexyz Bookstores>Maastricht.

Crazy, it’s 2009 guys, Flash?

Every time I visit a church I get the feeling I want to turn it into a nightclub or a venue for live music – not that I have the funds to do it – but you get the idea.

Links:
The Guardian bookstore review