Our friend Kyle Wiens of iFixit made it out to the annual Burning Man arts festival this year, with the goal of checking out repair efforts on the playa. The harsh environment of Black Rock Desert becomes home to purportedly the most populated temporary city in the world for one week of every year. Repair […]
By Steph Cortés If you were a giant nerd like I was in grade school, you took great pleasure in discovering new things to spell out on your calculator. In the time before text messages and iPhones, you were considered the coolest kid in class if you knew all the right “equations” to get the […]
Amy Bem, of Bem & Gene, did a great job mixing in vintage toys with this display of kid-friendly bibs and clothing she made this weekend at the DIY Street Fair in Ferndale, Mich. Her display was a lot of fun to look through and was a perfect addition to her offering of handmade and […]
World Maker Faire New York is this weekend, and we’ve put together a full schedule for of awesome demos for both days at the CRAFT booth. Each day this week, we’ll profile one of the folks who will be presenting. Be sure to mark your schedule and head to the CRAFT booth for all the […]
When the air gets crisp and the temperature outside drops below sweltering, virtually all I can think about is eating fall foods. I know, it’s an issue. Until I’ve had at least one homemade apple dish, I’ll keep doting on recipes online, like this pumpkin pie recipe by Eric Wilhelm. Looks fab! Pumpkin pie is […]
Taking things apart is fascinating. Before you throw away another piece of electronic garbage, disassemble it and try to figure out how it works! There’s still time to participate in the Technojunk Teardown Family Challenge (hint: more than just families can enter), take apart some junk, document it, win tools! Here’s a roundup of our […]
File this away for your next ambitious weekend project. A note from the BBC Press Office sent in the early 1980s to a Doctor Who fan who requested the plans to construct his own Dalek has recently been unearthed by Letters of Note. The BBC did indeed send the plans, along with a warning to […]
