It’s Spring, finally! Yay! It’s time to drag out your Converse, and get hem ready for the summer. Option 1: Follow this how-to video from the Converse website involves baking soda, detergent, and quite a bit of elbow grease. Option 2:  If your kicks are in relatively good shape, and

Even rotten bananas can learn to be good. Does one rotten banana spoil the whole bunch? Well if you wanna make damn good banana bread, you better hope so. You see, that’s the beauty of banana bread; baking a really tasty loaf is dependent upon your wastefulness. With some commonplace

Image courtesy blog.daydesigndecor.com Does anyone else remember “fuck tabs,” or is it just me? You know, the little tabs on soda cans that high-school kids use as sexual currency? Well, if you were/are of the more slatternly persuasion, or if you just want something to show for finishing off all

Last week, I told you all about my trip Maker Faire and some super-simple button crafts. But here’s the thing, once I start digging into good craft ideas, it’s often hard to stop – and buttons were no different. There are actually a bunch of good ideas for buttons, which

This past Saturday was my first Maker Faire (the techy/crafty/DIY/modder/steampunk/builders festival) which is kinda ridiculous because seriously, could there be an event more solidly in my wheelhouse? Life-sized mousetrap? Custom bikes? Old school Atari? A whole squadron of R2D2s? I can’t believe I’ve been missing it for so long. Although,

There are a lot of things I refuse to spend money on (envelopes, stamps, stencils) and one more to add to that running list is hair sticks. Not because I don’t dig the look – it’s classy and I’m a fan – but they’re sorta pricey, especially considering I’m overwhelmingly

Not only is Kelly Malone a very good friend of mine and one of my favorite people in the world, she’s also an intregal part of San Francisco’s cultural fabric.  She’s given so much to this city.  Please read below and see how you can help her out. Help us

It’s no secret that I love a good street score – every true broke-ass can appreciate the low, low price of nothing – and one of the easiest things to snag curb-side is magazines and books. With everyone claiming print is dead; folks are ditching their bound books all over