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Neocities Coding Night -- Build your own Digital Garden
Dec 16, 2025 18 - 22
To hell with boring-ass brainrot scrolling on Instagram, let’s handcode our own sites again, filled with cool pictures, funny texts and cute games. Did you know that’s really easy?

Every month, we get together at .zip to work on our personal sites with HTML, CSS and Javascript. When we get stuck on difficult coding challenges, we have each other to help out.

https://zipspace.nl/agenda
#website #Neocities #makeyourown

Knit Hello!
(Because why knot?)

#typeknitting #knitting #slipstitch #makeyourown

https://knithello.com

I find the colour of vanilla extract fascinating. It starts completely clear like water and then turns into this black and red, depending on the lighting, magic potion of flavour. 😋

How to:
Cut a bunch of vanilla beans in half lengthwise and scrape roughly.
Stuff the beans in a clean bottle together with the scraped vanilla.
Cover with a neutral tasting vodka.
Make sure nothing sticks out and no vanilla is on the rim before closing the bottle. This is important.
Let it infuse at room temp for 6-12 months, tasting every ~3 months to determine if it is strong enough for you.
Strain.

If you notice mould or other growths or a rancid or rotten smell, toss the whole batch. This means there was vanilla sticking out or stuck to the rim of the bottle, or the bottle wasn't clean.

For this batch, I used 20 vanilla beans in 750ml of vodka and it took ~9 months to get a deep and intense flavour. The beans are still quite potent after this and I am doing a second run on them.

The amount of vanilla to use is a trade off between the cost of the vanilla, the intensity of the flavour, and the time it takes to infuse.

If you use less vanilla, it takes longer to infuse. Unless you go to extremes like adding a single bean to a whole bottle, in which case the flavour will never be super intense.

If you use more vanilla then it will go quicker and you may still have very flavourful beans when you're done, which you can use for a second run or for a dessert with a twist. 🍹

What I find very satisfying is that this extract is way stronger than what I can find on the store shelves here and it cost me less than half of the price per litre to make.

#makeyourown #vanillaextract #recipe #alcohol

A bottle of renat vodka with a black liquid inside. A hand written label added to the bottle reads "Vanilla mixed 29/01/2025 strained 09/10/2025 First run".

The bottom of a bottle of renat vodka held up against the light with a bright red liquid inside. A hand written label added to the bottle reads "Vanilla mixed 29/01/2025 strained 09/10/2025 First run".

Here's the fried #bannock #recipe from #OasisSociety.
Make some, yourself!

#IndigenousFood #cooking #frybread #MakeYourOwn #CulturalConnecting

A recipe for fried bannock, also known as Indian frybread, with ingredients and instructions for the dough, along with a history section explaining its origins and cultural significance. The text is set against a light-colored background and partially framed by a red and white checkered pattern. A small image of fried bannock is visible on the page. An illustration of four differently colored hands within a circle, and with the words "Fried Bannock Recipe" at the top.

This is the #Jamaican #JerkSeasoning that I used to #marinate #chicken wings for an hour. Then baked them until fully cooked & the skins were slightly crispy.
I'm eating them with rice & fresh salad(made from our garden veggies).

#food #GlobalSouthFood #Jah #JerkChicken #EthnicEats #CulturalFood #TraditionalFood #POCfoods #MakeYourOwn #homecooked

Read my blog for an honest review of Zhangliang Malatang, one of my favorite places:

https://bayareaexploreer.blogspot.com/2025/06/zhangliang-malatang.html

#chinesefood #makeyourown #soup #stirfry #bayarea #california #ZhangliangMalatang #customize #makeyourown #delicious #chooseyourspicelevel #savory #yummy #food

Lace knitting is good for you 🧶🧘🏼‍♀️

#laceknitting #knitting #crafting #makeyourown

2/2

I don't like daikon but it is helpful for opening airways and clearing, ahem, congestion. So this one is medicinal for me.

It is so pretty! Purples and green and white.

Several local veg, cilantro.

Crossing my fingers it works!

#MakeYourOwn
#FoodAsMedicine
#SolarpunkSunday

I started this project over a year ago, but just wasn’t that much into sewing this year. But one of my best friends is getting married next month and that was just the incentive I needed to finish this dress. First time making button holes by myself and first time that I managed an invisible zipper that is actually invisible. Quite proud of this little project and now I have the perfect outfit for a midsummer wedding 😊 #sewing #sewingproject #sewingbee #sewyourown #makeyourown #makeyourownclothes #makersgonnamake #zelfgenaaid #zelfgemaakt #gelukiseenjurk #lmv #jeweljurk #jeweldress #lmvjewel

Errands in town meant I could swing by the library and pick up my reserved book: Tonight by Nagi Maehashi. We have Dinner, her other book, but I think this one has more recipes that suit my tastes. I've got it for three weeks, let the cooking begin!

#food #homemade #MakeYourOwn #cooking

It's a picture of the cookbook. On the front cover is Nagi, a Japanese Australian cook, holding a plate of delicious looking food (maybe meat? with cucumbers?) To her left, you can see the head of her golden retriever.

The final product!
Not your gramma's diamond net doily. lol #crochet #paracord #toolnet #MakeYourOwn

a diamond crochet pattern with mini paracord.

a paracord crocheted net holding up several heavy power drill tools.

Looking for this particular fabric, or the name of the type, or any good info on how to purchase 37 yards of it so I never don't have my favorite jacket ever again. It might be ambitious, but recreating it from scratch is the goal in any case. With some additions. :)

ps: I need a surger. :'D

#fabric #grey #fleece #blend #cotton #sewing #umakeable #makeyourown

A coat with the tag showing its composition, being 57% cotton 43% polyester. The fabric is grey, a distinct thread raised texture on the outside, fuzz fleece on the inside.

Woke up way too early, exhausted, but at least I accomplished something. 😁 #protest #handsoffor #makeyourown

A handmade (by me) protest sign on cardboard. The sign shows a caricature of a muskrat with long red claws dripping blood wearing a KKK hood on the right. Behind the figure it says Back to South Africa racist trash. The largest text in the sign says No. Bad Muskrat! Hands Off! Under that it reads Education * Social Security * Medicare * Medicaid * NIH * CDC * IMLS * VA * Give Back the USA! on the left side, where the artist ran out of room, it reads NOAA * National Park and, directly before Hands off, We Say, which, honestly, the artist sort of wishes she had left off.

Very happy with how this pot turned out after glazing. My best ceramic item so far! #ceramics #pottery #claypot #bloempot #keramiek #pottenbakken #makeyourown #imadethis #newbypotter

Knitting the first rows of a new pair of socks 🧶🧶🧶
#keepknitting #knitknitknit #makeyourown #knitsocks #breien

I took my first ever selfmade ceramics home today! I thought I had completely ruined the utensil holder with the top half glazing, but as it turns out I actually kinda regret the bottom half 😆. #ceramics #pottery #selfmade #imadethis #firsttimepotter #glazing #makeyourown