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Mini Post-It Menger Sponge

Mini Post-It Menger Sponge

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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OK, so, it’s a level 3 approximation of a Menger Sponge, actually, incorporating 8,000 unit cubes, each of which starts as one-sixteenth of a “mini” size Post-It. Its creator, Nicholas Rougeux, likes Post-Its for this work because they “offer surprisingly [sic] structural durability and are easy to get in large quantities making them ideal for assembling structures like these.”

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Math Monday: Scroll Saw Fractals

Math Monday: Scroll Saw Fractals

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Use a scroll saw to make a family of complex, cube-based fractals.

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Fractal Snowflake Cupcakes

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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The fine folks over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories are really good at making math yummy. Cupcakes are all the rage these days, and I just love snowflakes, no matter what the season. EMS Labs shows us how to bring the Koch snowflake into the kitchen. Now that’s a tasty equation! (Thanks, Brookelynn!)

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Fractal cupcakes

Fractal cupcakes

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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For this week’s EMS Labs project, Windell and Lenore continue their geek kitchen cookery by showing you how to make fractal Koch cupcakes in fondant and marzipan. Fractal iteration never tasted so yummy! As one commenter so astutely points out: Enjoy your infinite edge of icing! Fractal Snowflake Cupcakes More: Sierpinski Cookies

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Evil had a birthday (and we missed it!)

Evil had a birthday (and we missed it!)

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Our pals at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories celebrated the two year anniversary of their site on Saturday and we missed it! Hope they saved us some fractal cookies or fabbed candy. It’s hard to believe the site’s only be around for two years. They’ve done so many amazing, memetically viral, projects, what with the Joule […]

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