Here are my favorite shared items for May 2012.
Please let me know in the comments if you find any of the particularly useful. I’ll keep my eye open for similar items — Douglas
- Garden / Grow your own sweet potatoes
- New Media / Insert Coin: Genie turns any camera into a world-class time lapse rig — Engadget
- New Media / Dashboard Live Shell – Live streaming without a PC
- Food / Champagne cocktail with mint lemon sorbet
- Food / Sweet Reads – Cookbooks « bakerella.com
- DIY / Frame+burlap+dry erase marker = agenda board
- Food / Mason Jar Cocktails!
- Technology / BioLite woodburning Campstove and heat-powered electric generator
- Technology / Track the Sites You Procrastinate On With Web Timer | HackCollege
- Garden / Quick and easy gardening idea for new space just using topsoil bags for the first year
- Food / An Open Letter to Hummus (and a Recipe)
- Events / L.A. Arboretum to open sustainable garden for festival – latimes.com
- Education / Improve Your Powers of Observation by Taking Field Notes Like a Scientist
- Garden / David Perry Photographer
- Food / Freeze coffee as ice cubes and use in milk.
- Food / A Taste of Home Cooking: Recipe Swap – Chicken in a Tomato-Basil Broth over Couscous
- Garden / A host of garden marker ideas
- Geekery / Too funny to not share – Pinterest…you’re doing it wrong!
- DIY/Projects / Make coasters from tiles and scrapbooking paper! Mod Podge felt and sealer.
- Education/Classes/Learning / Don’t worry if you suck at everything. That’s the only way you ever get good at anything….. from GapingVoid.com
- Books / The Forgotten Founding Father – Noah Webster
- Food / Making Homemade Almond butter — wanted some to use in making hummus
- Garden / Salad Table
- Garden / Pretty gem wind chime
- Food / Best hummus recipe – Barefoot Contessa
- Garden / Pallet Recycling In Your Garden | Gardening Tips n Ideas
- New Media / After Years Of Trying To Kill YouTube, Movie Studios Are Embracing & Profiting From It | Techdirt
- Technology / Apple’s iOS 5.1.1 update for iPad, iPod touch and iPhone: fixes AirPlay and network bugs, jailbroken already — Engadget
- Education/Classes/Learning / Shakespeare’s Restless World podcast by BBC Radio 4
- Education/Classes/Learning / A History of the World in 100 Objects podcast by BBC Radio 4
- Education/Classes/Learning / In Our Time podcast by BBC Radio 4
- Education/Classes/Learning / Thinking Allowed podcast by BBC Radio 4
- DIY/Projects / Wine Bottle BirdFeeder
- Education/Classes/Learning / Continue Your Education the Easy Way by Finding a Discussion Buddy
- Books / Update-to-date listing of The Kindle Best Sellers that are currently Free
- Technology / Quit Killing Your Houseplants with the Help of Technology
- Technology / Evernote for iOS and Mac Updates with New Card View, Notes Editor, Audio Recorder, and More
- New Media / CineSkates go mini, still harnessing the power of smooth — Engadget
- Technology / Daily App Deals: Get Stress Check Pro for iOS for Free in Today’s App Deals
- Food / 15 Cocktail Recipes To Tickle Your Culinary Tastebuds | The Kitchn
- Technology / Consmr for iPhone Brings Product Reviews, Ratings, and Recalls Into the Grocery Store With You
- Technology / Mac OS 10.7.4 Update Is Out; Fixes Bugs with Resume, the Finder, and More
- Garden / Driftwood stick tree for the garden
- New Media / Budget Camera Accessories on Kickstarter Stabilize Moving Shots [VIDEO]
- Food / Mark Bittman’s Cocktail Rules: Keep It Simple, Make It Stiff | The Kitchn
- Technology / Pinstagram: How Instagram Should Look On the Web
- Food / 10 Tasty Ways to Make Sangria According to Martha Stewart | The Kitchn
- Garden / Cool Hunting Video Presents: California Carnivores by Cool Hunting.
- Technology / Ruck.us Breaks Up Party Politics on the Social Web
- Career / How to Legally Work With an Intern
- Technology / Sounder launches, we go hands-on (video) — Engadget
- Garden / Cool recycled pallet planter box perfect for the farmhouse
- Food / 23 Homemade Breads to Fit Any Schedule Recipe Roundup | The Kitchn
- New Media / Ken Burns talks about stories
- New Media / Video: Timeless – London Timelapse | Londonist
- Technology / MAKE | Junktech Spin Art System
- Technology / Google’s latest Gmail tweaks bring contact info to search results, enhanced Circle integration — Engadget
- Garden / Kitchen Garden design, a winner in Italy — City Farmer News
- Garden / Heavy Petal Handmade Garden Projects
- Arts Crafts / Baking Soda and Corn Starch Clay. This is amazing.
- Food / Creamy Tomato Soup with Baked Mozzarella Balls
- Technology / Subscribe to Cable Internet? Cable Providers Are Teaming Up to Give You Free Wi-Fi All Over Town
- Technology / Readlists Creates Ebooks from URLs
- Science / Transit of Venus: Feeling solar withdrawal? Watch Venus cross sun – latimes.com
- Garden / Studio G, Garden Design & Landscape Inspiration » Chelsea Flower Show 2012 – Cleve West’s Best in Show
- Technology / 7 Free Tools For Integrating Twitter With Your WordPress Blog | Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
- Garden / Creative gardening in small urban spaces
- Garden / Faucet Hooks | Buy from Gardener’s Supply
- Garden / Book – Handmade garden projects
- Technology / Facebook releases new filter-equipped Camera app for iPhone and iPod touch — Engadget
- Technology / CheatSheet Instantly Displays All the Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac Apps
- Technology / Top 5 iPhone Video Apps
- New Media / PinAlerts: Discover When One of Your Images Gets Pinned on Pinterest
- Food / happy hour: raspberry, lime + gin
- Food / Salted Chocolate Almond Butter
- Food / A Taste of Home Cooking: Homemade Refried Beans
- Garden / Mini green houses
- Food / Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies
- New Media / Video: Introducing the SmartTripod
- New Media / iPhone Editing Tools
- Garden / The Galloping Gardener: Gertrude Jekyll garden under restoration at Tylney Hall, Hampshire
- Career / Veteran Central: A Career-Oriented Social Network for Vets
- Garden / Our Little Acre: DIY – Pipe Dream Planter
- Food / Creamy Blackberry Frozen Yogurt- only 3 ingredients!
- Food / Caprese pops! I want this NOW! Yum!
- New Media / IK Multimedia’s iRig MIC Cast is now shipping for iOS devices, we go hands-on — Engadget