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We investigate a media black-out surrounding the cantina sequence following A New Hope's release in 1977

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Artist Randy Martinez discusses his process for creating the covers for the Rebel Force book series.

I think the worst thing about spending a day in the woods -- which is otherwise a perfectly wonderful experience to me -- is the return to civilization when you have to go into a coffee shop dusty, tired, and, my own personal horror, in flip-flops. That last were necessary because I'd soaked my shoes walking in a river. I was fortunately on the other side of the hill, in some town called Felton, where nobody knows me, and the Peet's was pretty deserted.

We had a family get together in Henry Cowell Redwoods. There were no redwoods in the part of the park we were in, but there were plenty of oaks and bay laurels.

I suck at skipping stones, for the record.

OMG look at the bunny's eyes! O_O
Adorable!

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/diy_fireworks_in_action.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

I made some fireworks on the 4th of July from the TurboPyro kit I received. The text, photos and in-line videos in the .pdf file made it easy to follow the recipe for big, fat, awesome tube sparklers. The process was simple and fun, and I had my son write up this handy checklist:

First, you weigh out, screen, and mix potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur to make gunpowder. Allow me to repeat that: To make gunpowder! Bill Gurstelle once told me that everyone should experience making their own gunpowder; now I see why. It is exhilarating!

Next, add ferro titanium powder (that's what makes the sparks), tamp it into a little tube, put a fuse in it, and carefully impale it on a bamboo skewer. Add a flame to the proceedings and big smiles quickly emerge.

A follow-up to the thought that my younger self would have been impressed by all of this: I was talking to my mom the other day, telling her about making sparklers. She laughed and reminded me about a secret shipment of fireworks I tried to smuggle into the house when I was in middle school. It was intercepted by my parents, and my dad drowned the whole lot of it in the bathroom sink. I can still hear the terrible screams of that gross of lady finger firecrackers; I was devastated. Well, this is my revenge mom and dad!

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We added a few more kits to the Maker Shed this week, including the Wee Blinky by Dale Wheat. We carry a few of Dale's kits and hopefully he is busy designing more so we can carry them too! His kits are perfect for anyone learning to solder since they are inexpensive and go together fairly quickly.

Earlier this week I made another How-To Tuesday video, this time focusing on interfacing a PING ))) ultrasonic sensor with an Arduino.

If you are new to the Arduino, don't forget to check out our other Arduino 101 videos. We have covered a lot of the basics and are getting ready to start some more complicated how-to videos.

• How-to Tuesday: Arduino 101 blink an LED
  
• How-To Tuesday: Arduino 101 potentiometers and servos
  
• How-to Tuesday: Arduino 101 Accelerometers
  
• How-to Tuesday: Fun with the Arduino Starter Kit

Thanks for all the positive feedback! If you have a suggestion for another Arduino 101 video let me know in the comments. Thanks!

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OHMIGOD! Years more image surfing. YESSSSSSSS. Reynolds is hot off the success of THE PROPOSAL, a romcom opposite Sandra Bullock, and his turn as Deadpool in WOLVERINE, proving both women AND men like him. Four quadrant appeal? Reynolds beat out Justin Timberlake, Bradley Cooper, and Jared Leto for the role, according to recent trade reports.

The Martin Campbell-helmed GREEN LANTERN film is due for release in 2010.

Remember Sackiroth?

I've been making lots more of 'em since then. (It helps that, for example, now I actually know how to do a crochet stitch correctly. *headdesk!*) I haven't had time to turn the various photos I've taken into more "Adventures of Sackiroth" entries, but I've got a ton of photos with them with cosplayers from several cons (including an incredibly adorable picture of a chocobo cosplayer snuggling SackZack, and a Sackboy cosplayer with all of 'em) and I have to dig up the time to code that up one of these days. Probably not until my annual summer work-swampage is done with, though. But since this month's theme is characters, I figure I should at least post a couple of the group shots here...



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