'Tis the final day of the DIY countdown.  Here's the last V-Day card idea for your darling valentine, made with love and also recycled paper.  Happy Valentine's Day!

The card:  You make my heart go vroom (inspired by this card).  Alternate title:  You drive me...

The countdown continues!  Here's yet another DIY valentine idea, handmade from recycled paper and pretty baker's twine.  Hurry - tomorrow's date night!

The card:  Love you - cross my heart (inspired by this card).  You will need some brown recycled paper,...

Here's DIY valentine card idea numéro trois in the countdown to V-Day!

The card:  I'd be lost without you (inspired by this card).  You will need some brown recycled paper, vellum paper, a map (I used a pretty map of Paris), scissors, glue, and a pen.

What to put inside...

It's day two of the DIY countdown!  Here's another card idea for your grown-up valentine, hand-crafted from recycled paper.

The card:  Love is in the air (inspired by this card).  You will need some recycled paper (I used brown, pink, red, and white), scissors...

It's almost St. Valentine's Day!  Better start building your valentine mailbox out of an old shoebox.  Or just make a last-minute DIY valentine for your darling beloved.  Here's the first of five valentine ideas, all handmade from recycled paper.  Begin the V-Day count...

I've started after-school mentoring again!  This time with middle school students.  And this time with the "Billion Oyster Project" (BOP) curriculum.  (The BOP aims to restore one billion oysters in New York Harbor by the year 2030 and educate the next generation...

Ok, now it's cold.  The trick is to wear layers.

Ah, the Red Planet.  As you probably already know, the Dutch non-profit organization Mars One plans to establish a human settlement there (hopefully) by 2027.  Not with astronauts.  But with ordinary humans who have "can do! attitudes" and "indomitable s...

Just when I think I'm making progress in the lab, it turns out I'm stuck in an infinite loop...

Apparently Mr. Peanut is the classiest guy I know.