Coin rings…
Here’s John’s awesome coin ring project photos – Link. Want to make your own? Check out our video podcast and PDF – Link.
Month: August 2007
Exploratorium: Maker Saturday Webcasts- Making Your Own Kind of Music
Making Your Own Kind of Music 8/4/2007 1:00 PM PDT When Ezra Daly couldn’t find a good slap bass guitar for less than $1,000, he looked around for the materials to build his own–and the Frankenbass was born. It was created from a Moto Guzzi motorcycle gas tank, a chrome tailpipe, and scrap mahogany. Ezra […]
Knoppix Hacks needs your help: tech reviewers wanted
Kyle Rankin, author/coauthor of several O’Reilly books (Knoppix Hacks, Linux Multimedia Hacks, Knoppix Pocket Reference, and Ubuntu Hacks) has just turned in his draft for the second edition of Knoppix Hacks, and we need your help. Hackszine is looking for two good tech reviewers; even when we have an author who really knows his stuff […]
Multimeter Tutorial – Learning about continuity
Nice tutorial on using a multimeter and continuity – You might be asking, “What is continuity?” But don’t worry, it’s quite simple! Continuity means, are two things electrically connected. So if two electronic parts are connected with a wire, they are continuous. If they are connected with cotton string, they are not: while they are […]
Maker Faire Austin, TX tickets ON SALE NOW
Pre-order tickets now available for Maker Faire Austin, TX: Oct. 20 & 21, 2007 Travis County Fairgrounds – Maker Faire: A two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It’s for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. We call them Makers. All […]
The FU Money Spreadsheet
If you’re a Cryptonomicon fan, you might recall uber-hacker Randy Waterouse’s business partner, Avi, who had a spreadsheet which tracked a particularly interesting value. The subject heading of Avi’s first message is: “Guideline 1.” We look for places where the math is right. Meaning what? Meaning that pop. is about to explode—we can predict that […]
MAKE: Special Edition HALLOWEEN!
Halloween is the maker holiday – last year our contest had thousands of entries from around the world and this year we decided Halloween was so important for making we would do a Special Edition of MAKE. DIY HALLOWEEN 2007 from the editors of MAKE and CRAFT brings you 40-plus DIY projects for the holiday […]
