Here's a cool little 4th of July project for us yanks to do. It's step-by-step directions on how to make your own sparklers for this Tuesday's holiday. Sparklers have a short life, but are pretty cool little guys nonetheless. & you'll feel even prouder if you made the little boogers yourself. Plus, it's pretty safe. Here's all you need to get started:

http://chemistry.about.com/od/demonstrationsexperiments/ht/sparkler.htm

NebsTV fan Jazh Withork emailed me this late last night. Sonic the Hedgehog's 15th anniversary is happening in Japan right now, & Sega decided to celebrate by making this cool papercraft model of the first level of the original Sonic video game "Greenhill Zone." It's a build-it-yourself kinda thing, & it is in Japanese, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out. Of course maybe since I can read Japanese I'm a bit biased, but I truly don't think peeps should have a hard time with this. So, get your printers running & download it now:

http://sonic.sega.jp/dl/papercraft/images/pc_greenhill.zip

Transform a $3 pen into a $200 pen in just seconds. Mont Blanc pens are the world's finest writing pens, but they make specialized refills so you must buy their $200+ pens to use their amazing ink... until now. Learn how to do it yourslef here:

http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/7899F5DC1A2310299AD7001143E7E506/