Technical Video Rental has a fantastic customer interview series with a lot of insight and stories on how Makers are working on their projects and using the videos (DVDs) you can rent from them like running lathes, making glass beads, welding steel, oil painting, building guitars… Lori Greenberg, bead working. Mikey Sklar of Electric Clothing. […]
This Saturday you can go to tons of museums, likely for free… – “On September 30, 2006, for one day only, museums across the country will join the Smithsonian Institution in its long-standing tradition of offering free admission to visitors.” [via] – Link. More: Participating venues – Link. Makers, if you go and see some […]
There’s no doubt that most of us in the craft world get tons of inspiration through Hillary Lang’s Wee Wonderfuls site. Whether it’s her signature Wee doll, her quilted or sewn toys, or her current obsession with embroidery, Hillary no doubt keeps our hands busy with her overflow of fun projects for us to make. […]
Listen in on a great audio interview and tour of the TechShop with Dale Dougherty, the editor and publisher of MAKE. TechShop is a membership-based drop-in workshop in Menlo Park on the San Francisco peninsula that provides members with access to a full range of hand tools and machines to safely perform practically any task […]
Hey crafty peeps in the Dallas, Texas area, don’t miss the Urban Street Bazaar starting this Friday, Sept 29th through Sunday, October 1st. Closing down Thomas Avenue at Boll for the weekend long event, the Urban Street Bazaar will begin Friday from 5:30 to 9pm and run Saturday from 10am to 9pm and Sunday from […]
C Connors writes – “Nick Viera converted his old Jeep to ev during his junior year in high school. According to Nick, he got 17-20 miles per gallon before converting to electric. 13 cents a mile for gas powered, 4 cents a mile for electric powered. No more emissions, no outrageous complexity, no noise in […]
Ok, Makers it’s time for another adventure in electronics with Carl & Jerry. In this short story the local police need Carl & Jerry’s help rescuing a kidnapped girl (back in the 50’s junior sleuths and electronic wizards solved most crimes & mysteries in clever ways). The kids need to figure out a way to […]
