Candleblog

I’ve got several blog posts brewing — linkdumps and rants about non-violence and the efficacy of war and facebook privacy nonsense — but with the semester ending and the holidays in full swing, they all have to wait a bit. Stay with me though, things will pick up around here before too long. Two quick [...]

Cue the mad knitting. And for that very special someone in your life, Robot Kasten is offering the best t-shirt of the holiday season.

I thought my dear, sweet wife Emily (to whom I have been engaged in wedded bliss for exactly three years today) was going to post this to Candleblog herself, but her knitted, dissected frog has made Discover Magazine — the website of the magazine anyway — in a piece they published about knitted science. Check [...]

This is the perfect blending of things that I love.

My friend Kasten made me this nifty new Twitter icon…

By: Emily How to make your own Star Wars rings. Who wouldn’t want their face to be lovingly cushioned by this plush Sarlacc pitlow? When you lay your head down, you’ll certainly also want to be cuddling your felted Jabba the Hutt doll. Apparently, the latest project from the team who created Ico and Shadow [...]