This is my weblog. I write about projects and stuff I build in my spare time, be it code or tinkering with physical objects. You can find out more about me on my In praise of Sugru
Sugru is one of the things that you don’t know you need before it surfaces in your world. It’s a tinkerer’s dream, an adhesive that cures into a soft silicone material at room temperature. It’s probably best explained in the little video that you can find on their homepage:There are many reasons for me to love sugru, but here are a few:
- It’s cheap. So cheap in fact that it’s in the impulse shopping zone.
- It works and you’ll probably already have a thing in mind that you can fix with it: Shoes, handles, toys, stuff.
- I love how they stress the “hacking” aspect. Their claim is “Hack things better” and they define a hack as “a clever solution to a problem”, which is awesome. As a hacker who has grown tired of hearing stuff about computer crimes when hacking is mentioned, I approve this message. :)
- The name comes from the Irish word for “play”. More awesome names from lesser-known languages, please!
- Like Lego bricks, sugru tickles a certain spot: It’s like kindergarten again with your beloved Play-Doh, but it’s also serious business and a way for “real grown-ups” (whatever that is) to fix things and do projects. Serious play-time! Hackish neoteny!
