Posts tagged “budget”.

‘Tomorrow’s Gone’

March 19th, 2012

As a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut — until Challenger, and then my mom said I couldn’t be an astronaut. So instead of being a space explorer, I turned into a space scholar. Instead of lionizing John Glenn, or Sally Ride, I looked to Carl Sagan as a role model.

Thing is, we still have room for both kinds of heroes in this country. We just need the willpower, and the budget priorities, to make it happen.

[via Devour]

Halloween DIY: Make your own Apple Mac costume

October 28th, 2008

iDave - the back

Here’s a fun project for the Macintosh fan: make yourself a classic Mac costume.

I came up with the idea after wondering what I could do with a book donation box I had lying around at work. The boxiness, the human-sized potential – it all came together in a flash of inspiration. “Jesus,” I thought, “this thing could be a self-made Mac costume.”

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