Here’s a fun conversation from Foo Camp between Dale Dougherty and Steven Levy on the 25th anniversary edition of his ground-breaking book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. This is one of those books that changed the direction of my life. How about you?
This video is sneaky. It starts off just like a explicatory DIY video — they even call it a hack — but ends up revealing its commercial nature. What do you think, readers? Makes me want to buy Sugru. [Via Core77]
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Blossom Sonobe by Kalami, Mini Raptor Cufflinks by Giant Eye, Peg by skudfisher, and St. George flip doll by wilsonlaura.
I adore this charming glazed earthenware sculpture/pincushion by designer Luke Twigger, called the Skullmate. [via Street Anatomy]
Pop over to the BBC site and have a listen to what the Higgs Boson particle “might” sound like… It sounds like Science Fiction music, go figure :) Scientists have simulated the sounds set to be made by sub-atomic particles such as the Higgs boson when they are produced at the Large Hadron Collider. Their […]
Dan’s soda can solar heater provides up to 120 degrees of temperature differential. Ever since I built my first soda can solar heater three years ago, I’ve received plenty of input on how to improve the design for better heat output. For that reason, I never hooked up the first one – in fact, I […]
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