Link: The Sign of a Good Toy

Buckyballs! And they even have a warning about potential death. Even better.

Making a Jarvi Bench (via pineappleboyfilms)

Josh sent me this. Neat stuff.

I don’t make movies to make money. I make money to make movies.

Walt Disney (via bmdesign)

Link: Chewbacca : Savage Chickens

All of Chewbacca’s dialogue from Star Wars. On a sticky note.

Link: How Star Trek artists imagined the iPad… 23 years ago

“Advanced alien devices on the original Trek series often had no discernible mechanism. So touch interfaces seem like magic. It’s also slightly eerie, as you have the sensation that this thing is aware of you.”

Link: 2F/3FE Oil Galley Plug Fix

This is the best one I’ve seen so far. Well illustrated, easy to follow. 1/16” NPT appears to be the way to go for a permanent leak-free seal.

I made up my mind… that I would never try to reform man—that’s much too difficult. What I would do was to try to modify the environment in such a way as to get man moving in preferred directions.

R. Buckminster Fuller, 1966—quoted onWhat is Design with Intent?

Link: The Happiness Project Toolbox

Interesting stuff. Haven’t read the book, but the website has interesting things on it, and the toolbox looks equally interesting.

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose; only then will you learn the game.

Winston Churchill (via theimpossiblecool)

Q. Can I use the first person?

A. Evidently.

Chicago Style Q&A: New Questions and Answers