Month: March 2011

The Art of Productive Procrastination

The Art of Productive Procrastination

About four times a year I seem to be able to concentrate well for eight hours in a row — in fact, about 48 hours in a row — and I just let it happen. I don’t know when it will occur or why, but it’s typically when some manic inspiration strikes. The rest of […]

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Lo-Fi Camera Love

Browsing through the Winter 2011 issue of Anthology Magazine I came across a wonderful photo essay on Palm Springs by MAKE’s very own Jen Siska (Makeshift). Jen’s “visual travelogue” takes you through the sun-soaked San Jacinto Mountains and cacti-laced Mid-Century Modern dessert abodes, all captured with her Canon 5D Mark II (which retails for $2,500) … Save the last dreamy image of palms, shot by a $70 Holga CFN 120 (bottom left). It’s then that Anthology gives us a great little roundup of cheap cameras, ranging in price from $25 to $325, available from the cult favorite “analog photography” site, Lomography.

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Hacked Kinect used for “Ghost in the Shell”…

Hacked Kinect used for “Ghost in the Shell”… A new age in interactive technology takes you directly into the world of anime. Celebrating the 3D re-release of “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society” (ph9.jp/?) from March 26, Kayac Inc. has created a special promotional booth that places you right inside cyberspace. […]

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Top 10: Gears!

Top 10: Gears!

We have done both gear- and gear-making-related roundups before, but our gear world has turned (bam!) quite a few times since then, and we’ve covered some even hotter gear action in the interim. Someday there’s going to be a gear-roundup roundup. But for now, here’s our top gear content as it stands today:

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