In MAKE 03 we showed you how to mod your rod…but not like this – Google video usually has all sorts of wonderful gems, MAKE pal Star sent in this one – it’s a Fiat modded so it looks like it’s going backwards, but it’s not. This is almost like a Maker-meets-Rendezvous-Claude-Lelouch. Link.
This week at Treehugger: A great reuse for your contact lens cases. Make a fruit bowl out of leftover chopsticks. And, we show you where to get tips for vintage goods through the blogosphere.
Alan Martin reports from last night’s virtual world event – “On January 18, 2006, Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, known for his work on Creative Commons and intellectual property rights in general, joined Lindens and residents alike in the world of Second Life for a discussion on what turned out to be a very wide range of topics. Professor Lessig talked about the future of SL, and how we must be careful not to take the path of overly restrictive IP rights. He even offered to consult with Linden Lab in the future on these matters, and said he would look into getting some members of congress to speak in SL as well. The event proceeded into a long string of questions from the audience, during which many interesting topics were brought up, many relating to SL and RL IP rights (and what distinction we can make between the two). Finally, the event ended with a Free Culture book signing featuring lines of patient residents waiting to get their autographed copies from virtual Lessig himself.”
CONTEST + DIGG: We now have a contest, we worked with Digg and we’re going to test out delivering the latest news and top stories from them – Click here to add the MAKEbot to your buddy list. Then type subscribe digg 1 or subscribe diggall 1 to get the latest/top stories from Digg every hour (1 is the number of hours, you can change that. You can also just type digg or diggall at any time). We will randomly pick a user of the MAKEbot and give away a high speed flash photography kit, T-Shirts, a year of MAKE and our new book, The Makers (all found here). So add the MAKEbot and start Digging to win!
James from RetroBlast writes “I am submitting three items all featured at RetroBlast in one way or another and all having to do with custom-built arcade cabinets. The three represent the best to the worst in arcade cabinet building.” James outlines the good, bad and ugly of making your own arcade cabinets – regardless of how these turned out, there are lot of things to learn from the approach many of the Makers took. I actually like some of the “ugly ones”…
Sean writes in with the weekly update on what’s going on at Treehugger – “a look at a bicycle-themed film festival. A site with DIY projects for everyone from beginners to pros. And, sailing the Atlantic in a DIY boat.”
I met Dan from Berkeley at Macworld and his pal Andrew – they showed me a great POV (Persistence of Vision project) he just send word it’s now wirelessly updatable. Dan writes “Here’s the POV device and told you I was 30 minutes from making it wirelessly updatable. Well it took three hours instead but it works. Andrew and I are working on lower case letters and a general pattern generator interface.”
