Month: February 2013

Hexy’s Back in the Maker Shed

Hexy’s Back in the Maker Shed

By Michael Castor

Michael Castor

I am the Evangelist for the Maker Shed. It seems that there is no limit to my making interests. I'm a tinkerer at heart and have a passion for solving problems and figuring out how things work. When not working for Make I can be found falling off my unicycle, running in adverse weather conditions, skiing down the nearest hill, restoring vintage motorcycles, or working on my car.

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After selling out completely over the Holidays, a new shipment of Arcbotics’ Hexy the Hexipod has arrived in the Maker Shed. Hexy comes in kit form with well written documentation and tutorials which make learning complex robotics straightforward and fun!

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Today on Food Makers: Wild Food Forager Langdon Cook

Today on Food Makers: Wild Food Forager Langdon Cook

By Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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Last week I scheduled a Google+ hangout on air with writer and forager Langdon Cook but technical difficulties hung us up. We’ve rebooted and upgraded and are good to go today at 2pm PST/5pm EST.

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How-To: Retro-Inspired Garden Markers

How-To: Retro-Inspired Garden Markers

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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I’m definitely digging the look of these retro-inspired garden markers from My Poppet!

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How-To: Make Your Spray Bottle Omnidirectional

How-To: Make Your Spray Bottle Omnidirectional

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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Finally, a simple mod to make your spray bottles work in any orientation. Yup, upside down, sideways, and weirdly angled.

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