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Blueprint's DIY Charging Station Blueprint (Teehee)

GeekSugar — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:30:40 -0700

When the legendary though short-lived Blueprint magazine folded, I mourned the loss of another favorite. Not only was Blueprint, a Martha Stewart title, the one magazine I felt that was really made for me, by people like me, but it recognized the three-dimensional female life.

Specifically, Blueprint knew that modern girls are gadget girls - in its inaugural issue, it won me over with this: DIY instructions for a charging station. An attractive, expensive (not DIY-looking at all, incidentally) charging station (perhaps you are familiar with my search).

So I present to you, the instructions for this fabulous charging station, now on Martha Stewart's website (Blueprint's site has gone MIA, but its awesome blog offshoot Bluelines remains).

A note about the suggested boxes for the project: The Container Store no longer has the specific Library Project cases on their website, but still has this striped version; I prefer the look of the solid-color library project cases, so perhaps these office storage boxes or these paper drawers can be adapted. Happy DIYing!

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Blueprint's DIY Charging Station

GeekSugar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:31:28 -0700

Blueprint's DIY Charging Station

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Geek Tip: Identify Fonts With What the Font

GeekSugar — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:36:50 -0700

Even with my vast knowledge of fonts, there are just too many (and so many more created each day) to know what each and every one is. Sometimes you're either curious about what a font you see is, or you want to actually use it.

The website My Font is your new aid; they have a webapp called What the Font, which allows you to upload a JPG or enter a URL with the font, and it will try its hardest to identify it.

If the font you selected is not a known font (like the custom one created for Blueprint magazine, seen here), it will suggest a few different fonts that are close. Fontabulous!

Geek Tip: How to Make a Monitor Cozy

GeekSugar — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:00:59 -0700

Martha Stewart has some directions for how to make a monitor cozy from an old issue of Blueprint, which reminded me of the monitor cozies I created for my boyfriend's two monitors last year. Lest you get discouraged by how nice and fancy Martha's version is, just check out the ones I made on my own, with just a bit of quick measuring and side-seam sewing. I also added a lining as well as a decorative fabric, since, like Martha says, it adds a little bit of color to the room.

Of course, hers are made much more carefully, where I'm more of a sew-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of gal. For instance, she adds gussets, and I don't even know what a gusset is.

NYC Googlers Celebrate by Eating Their Office

GeekSugar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:23 -0700

In honor of the first anniversary of the Google New York office, staffers celebrated by creating a cake to look exactly like their entire office building-which just so happens to span a full city block! With the help of Google Earth and Google street view, pastry chef Danita Holt was able to draw up blueprints to begin the process of building such a ginormous cake. After four days, cafe director Kevin McConvey alongside two sous chefs, two pastry chefs, an executive chef and a line cook were able to finish the five feet long, three feet high and two feet wide Googleplex cake which contained 630 eggs, 105 pounds of sugar and 20 pounds of butter! Talk about the perfect specifications for the ultimate edible geek treat!

Tech News Roundup - Buzzing GPS Jewelery

GeekSugar — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:00:01 -0700

Sure, you'd never buy it, but it's still fun to look at. Buzzing GPS jewelery concept gives you a sense of place - Shiny Shiny
Black and silver just not cutting it anymore? Cell phone covers are like nail polish. You should never stick with one color for too long. Make your iPhone look like a 1970s wet suit - Crave
Would you buy an oval-shaped digital audio player that comes in the form of a necklace? X-Micro launches Video MP3 player - Techie Diva
Popular Science has a nice article on how designers are planning to increase their products eco friendliness during both manufacturing and recycling. Blogging Popular Science: Blueprint for a Green Laptop - Apartment Therapy