Author: Joey deVilla

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I’m sure the late great pitchman (and fellow Tampa hanger-outer) Billy Mays would’ve approved.

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Did a little bit of iOS programming today that was the software equivalent of this. It wasn’t pretty, but it does work.

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And they knew where to stop, too: they still used the tasteful term “feminine needs”. Now is it me, or is this the most weirdly-stocked grocery aisle you’ve seen?

(For those of you who don’t spend much time south of the Mason-Dixon line: Piggly Wiggly is the name of a grocery chain.)

With the Toronto Mini Maker Faire coming up, I thought I’d show you this simple little “recipe” for making the sort of simple-but-cool techie things that you’ll see (and hopefully, learn how to make) at the Toronto Mini Maker Faire coming up this Saturday and Sunday.

Check out these instructions for making an LED “throwie” or “blinkie”, a little light with a magnet that you can stick to all sorts of metal surfaces, to make the world (or at least the ferromagnetic parts of it) your very of “Lite-Brite” set!

And don’t forget to check out the Toronto Mini Maker Faire!

Click any of these photos to see the full set of instructions for making a “throwie”.

For those of you who prefer video instructions, I’ve got you covered, too:

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As they would say on Archer: “Phrasing!”

Who’s having a worse day than this guy?

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This guy:

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