Howard Wen

Howard is a freelance writer who has written for oreillynet.com, salon.com, playboy.com, and Wired, among others.

Author of these Magazine Articles

Mall Living
Artist Michael Townsend and his wife Adriana Yoto lived in a mall, rent free, for four years.
From MAKE: 14: Optics page 34

Tech-Nomading From Shore to Ship
Twenty-three years ago, Steven Roberts went on a bike trip and never returned.
In Maker from MAKE: 06: Robots page 28

Video Podcasting
Producing TV shows on the cheap.
In DIY: Computers from MAKE: 06: Robots page 123

Toolbox
The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites.
In Toolbox from MAKE: 05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 172

Game Systems to Go
Portabilizers take apart video game systems and turn them into portable gaming units.
From MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween page 81

R2-DIY
The galaxy's most lovable robot inspires its fans to clone him.
From MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment page 160

Taking the "Video" Out of Video Game
Most people program video games. Niklas Roy built one, literally. The 30-year-old from Berlin, Germany constructed a fully mechanized facsimile of one of the grand-daddies of video games, Pong.
In Q & A from MAKE: 01: Make Premiere page 158