Month: December 2011

Congratulations to the Winners of Holiday Crafting & Baking With Kids Giveaway!

Congratulations go to 5 randomly chosen winners of our December 7th giveaway for Chronicle’s new book, Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids by Jessica Strand. The 4 Runner-up Prizes – A copy of Holiday Crafting and Baking with Kids – went to: Mia Birdsong, Andrea Duquette, Lora Wikle, and Shannon O’Connor. The Grand Prize – […]

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Tri-Color Floating Glow Display

Tri-Color Floating Glow Display

Going back through my Weekend Projects notes, I realized I never got around to properly thanking Mike and his daughter Jessica who brought their patriotic tri-color mod of the Floating Glow Display to World Maker Faire in September.

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Breaking into Making: A Meditation

Breaking into Making: A Meditation

At what point did you know you were a “maker?” Making springs from an insatiable need to learn about, dissect, and modify. For some this impulse came early, for others, it didn’t arise until later. Maybe you were the kid who could always fix a broken bike, or you dug into your family’s first PC at a young age and didn’t stop until, years later, you had graduated to making complex gadgets using physical computing.

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