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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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April 9th, 2009 2

Patti writes on New World Geek:

I really like playing with papercraft – it doesn’t cost much to make projects, and they can be incredibly complex and interesting. Paper Forest posted about this wonderful spinning star – I’ve watched this video over and over, trying to figure out the movement and why it’s so elegant. They say the original design is by Ramin Razani, and there are directions to make a similar cutout here.

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