I had a pretty ugly pink bluetooth headset that I'd never gotten around to using (mostly because it was pink). I was thinking of converting an old traditional push-button desktop telephone into an 'internet phone' when it occurred to me that the phone headset was the only important part. As you dial an internet phone number with a computer, the keypad was basically useless.

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Tinkering artist Tim Eads' butter and toast machine, titled "A Legitimate Waste of Time" is at FLUXspace through the 15th of May so you only have a little time to see it along with his other "inventive" works.

Hat Tip Philadelphia Weekly

One way to keep in tinkering mode is to have a long term project like the one Mike S. has started. He's purchased an old pinball machine and is not only teaching himself how to refurbish it but he is blogging about every step. So if you're interested in starting just such a project, or just want to live vicariously through the tinkering of others, check out First Shopped Machine and enter the world of pinball technology.

This mini-crossbow, as seen at Journey Into Unschooling looks like it could be modified just a bit to be completely sourced from your friendly neighborhood office cubicle. Maybe replace the clothes pin with a binder clip and you will be ready to take it once more unto the breach!

Gever Tulley, famed founder of the Tinkering School has expanded his TED talk "5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do" into a book that anyone looking for a little danger in their lives should check out.

Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do) is a collection of activities, projects, skills, and experiences that explore the idea that kids are safer if they know how to recognize danger and cope with it rationally.

And even if you aren't a kid this book can still serve as a mini-bucket list for your inner child, reigniting the simple joy and wonder of doing something dangerous.

The Create-A-Little, Destroy-A-Little Family Fun Workshop has been cancelled.