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Bill Gurstelle is a Contributing Editor for MAKE magazine. His most recent book is entitled Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously. You can follow Bill on his danger-quest at twitter.com/wmgurst. He is a guest Make: Online author for the month of August. In my last online article, I discussed […]
What happens when automatic level generating software meets skilled Mario-bot software? – the above effortless automation apparently. Hmm, not so quite as exciting to watch without the possibility of tripping up. Though, there was a classic wall-jump save near the midpoint. Update: In the comments, Ian points out this higher qual youtube version and clarifies […]
Boutique Cycles is a site out of Australia featuring user-submitted pics of tricked-out custom bicycles. Shown above, “Glowing Batavus” fixie by Netherlands user Kars, with an antique frame, Miche hubs, and custom-painted rims. The frame glows in the dark.
This isn’t a card you’d want to hand out like club fliers at a bus stop, but for a very select few recipients, it’d certainly make a statement. For this week’s EMS Labs project, Lenore shows you how she made these attention-getting cards. Lego business cards for the rest of us
Bill Gurstelle is a Contributing Editor for MAKE magazine. His most recent book is entitled Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously. You can follow Bill on his danger-quest at twitter.com/wmgurst. He is a guest Make: Online author for the month of August. A flying car is, to many futurists […]
Jesse Dill writes about the Garbasail kite on Build/Make/Craft/Bake: I first found out about Garbasails when they were featured as Urban Dictionary’s word of the day. A few curious clicks later, I was completely hooked on the idea. It’s a simple formula: trash bags + duct tape + a lot of rope = one very […]
Check out this video for an insider’s look of Custom Bike builder Jordan Hufnagel’s workshop. Filmmaker Jared Souney created this segment for Level magazine. I always enjoy seeing where people work, especially makers. Be sure to check out the photo gallery too! Watch the video of Jordan Hufnagel: Bike builder [via NotCot]
