Category: Quickhit

  • Best toy ever

    [A plastic molotov cocktail grenade](http://www.grotto11.com/blog/archive/1175638654.shtml).

  • More papercraft

    [Make your own R2-D2 mailbox](http://www.starwars.com/kids/activity/crafts/f20070329/index.html). ([Via](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/30/papercraft_r2d2_mail.html))

  • Map of all species

    From Nature magazine: [pretty picture of the connections between species](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/how_to_make_a_telegraph_t.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

  • Google Reader alternative

    Following this weeks downtime, maybe [this is the alternative to Google Reader I need](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/how_to_make_a_telegraph_t.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

  • Where are they now?

    [Child actressees of the 1980s today](http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/03/28/child-actresses-from-80s-tv-that-became-hot-adults/).

  • Cross promotion

    Some [7-11s will be re-branded as Kwik-E-Marts](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/28/711s_to_be_remade_as.html) to promote the Simpsons movie. **Update**: [Some pictures of the rebranding](http://flickr.com/photos/rdr07/sets/72157600590001691/) ([Via](http://www.kottke.org)).

  • Electronics fun

    [Making sparks with a capacitor](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/capacitor_discharge_in_ac.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890)

  • How many megapixels in the eye?

    [576, apparently](http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/eye-resolution.html).

  • Map of France

    [Made up entirely of bread](http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/94-gastronomic-cartography-the-france-of-breads/).

  • Creepy books

    A number of [creepy looking book sculptures](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/book_sculptures_1.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).