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This week in Maker Events
Looking to take a break from tinkering on your latest project this weekend? Here are some fine maker events to check out, from The Maker Events Calender.
Gizmodo Gallery is this week in NYC
Looking for something to do in NYC this afternoon? Then you should totally check out Gizmodo Gallery 2009, a technology art/history show featuring products and projects from many makers, including Make associate editor Becky Stern’s TV-B-Gone hoodie.
Islamic Pattern Lasercut Box
If you know me, you know I love lasers. And patterns. And lasercut patterns. Hirmes on Thingiverse made this lasercut Islamic pattern box. Stick an LED inside and it would make a great ornament or lantern.
Discover The Magic of Mesquite: No-Knead Mesquite Bread Recipe
Around this time of year one might notice that their local variety of mesquite tree is littering the neighborhood with odd figured legumes. These curly, hooked and sometimes pom-pom shaped pods (screw bean, honey and velvet) offer up a nutritious treat to the creative forager. With a bit of mastery, the pods can also become high value products – flour and sweetener that sell for 30X their white flour and sugar standards. Mesquite’s sweet, dark taste makes it a great match for pancakes, breads, molasses and a host of baked goods.
Electrocution prop par excellence
The electric chair is an old haunted-house standby, but YouTuber kenpilot’s version is really outstanding. Excelsior!
Prop art
There is in fact no evidence that this wonderful perpetually-drumming-fingers automaton by Nik Ramage was ever intended to be anything but a piece of art. But it had the bad fortune to come across my desk in the midst of the Make: Halloween Contest 2009 frenzy so I am hereby diminishing it to the status of Halloween prop. At least potentially. Personally, if I could afford one I’d leave it out all year under a spotlight. Beautiful.