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Brady writes – “Just a quick reminder, that tomorrow night is the first Ignite Seattle from O’Reilly Radar and Make. We have over 25 speakers planned, a popsicle-stick bridge-building contest and Werewolf. We have speakers lined up from Amazon, Ontela, UW, Microsoft, MySQL, some independents, and a slew of startups. Topics range from “Dorkbot” to […]
The squarewave ring in my ears finally faded, here’s a round up of the coverage from the Blip Festival 2006 in NYC – MAKE was a sponsor and had a table there with our kits and zines. The fest consisted of a small but growing community from around the world – there’s something delightful about […]
CRAFT friend Bonnie Burton has posted up a complete photo tutorial on how to make your own R2-D2 pinhole camera. It’s also a great way to use your old oatmeal container and soda cans in the process! Link.
If you are near the Providence, RI area come by Craftland (70 Eddy St.) Thursday night from 5:30pm-7:30pm for some fun filled crafting. Come meet Leah Kramer from Craftster.org, Diana Eng (Project Runway Season 2 and Black Box Nation), and myself. Leah Kramer will be signing copies of her new book,”The Craftster Guide to Nifty, […]
Bill writes in with this excellent homemade weed wacker powered bicycle – “Whilst travelling south on the Pacific Coast Highway (CA 1) in November of 2006, I happened to stop at the restaurant/deli/convenience store in fabulous Gorda, CA. Up rode this chap on his home-built “moped” and I snapped these photos. Sadly, I neglected to […]
In MAKE volume 08: Toys and Games we have our first annual gift guide pull out, here’s a PDF sample of some of the MAKE goodies we put in this year filled with great gift ideas for the incorrigible makers and inquisitive tinkerers on your list.
Besides the interesting artist’s statement and overview, this also looks like a fun bicycle – “Powerbike,” is a marvel of metaphoric simplicity. The artist has devised a user-friendly installation that is a mixture of bike and playground slide. Would-be participants are encouraged to mount a ladder whose every step contains words such as “rich,” “healthy,” […]
