Make:

• More awesome inflatable subway bag animals
• Delft ceramic style cross-stitch mantle clock
• Octopulse instrument
• The automata of Tom Haney
• Pill head / Numb skull
• Image transfer

Bre, how about a time lapse movie of your nail growing out so we can see the calendar move through the months?

Interesting idea, seems kind of a stupid thing to do though. Also I think you would try to fit 3 months or so on the fingernail, unless you have a vitamin deficiency I think your nails will grow faster than you calendar.

Wikipedia says they grow at ~3mm/month, so it should work ok!

Crazy goofballs! Danger Danger!

I'd say this clearly falls into the "don't try this at home" category...

Bet it was painful when the thumb on the right got nailed on the cuticle!

I bet it STUNK. :)

It's not so much a calendar as a list of the months, though, isn't it?

So what will you etch next on your toenails then?

the sickly yellow color just makes me remember the smell of burning flesh and the gross orange-yellow color on my finger when i burned it with a soldering iron

I heard the rule was 9 months for a nail to grow completely, so it looks like your calendar may run a little fast.

That's a brilliant concept, but would the etching really last a full year even before it was grown out?

i think people get cancer for exposing themself to radation. and your thumbs will be next i think

jd is ignorant of the distinction between ionizing and non ionizing radiation.

o_O ?

holy crap. we're losing the war on pimples!

I've got some free time at work here and this gives me an idea!! We have Universal 45 watt lasers, what power setting where you using? muuahahahaa! >:)

Beside the obvious burn hazards for your skin, anyone trying to attempt this might consider wearing some eye protection rated for the laser you are using. These systems work by using a set of mirrors around the perimeter of the box so the laser isn't coming directly from the moving head like an inkjet printer.

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