This is the last day of our Spring-cleaning sale in the Maker Shed. We still have a lot of fantastic deals, but hurry it’s over tonight at midnight. That’s midnight Pacific Time, so all you East-Coasters get a little ‘extra‘ time to scoop up some great deals! We are rolling back the prices on over […]
CNet is running a contest to give away 20 passes to Maker Faire San Mateo, May 30-31, 2009. Here’s what “Geek Gestal” columnist Daniel Terdiman says about it: The event’s organizers have given me 20 passes to award CNET News readers. And all you have to do to win one is tell me, in 150 […]
Cy Tymony, a featured maker on Make: television, had a great interview with Ira Flatow on Science Friday last week. For you educators, how do you use projects like these? Does this fulfill a niche in your curriculum? What gaps are present that could be filled by future Make: television episodes? Green DIY Didn’t get […]
Longtime recycling maven and CRAFT contributor Tiffany Threadgould is a busy, busy girl these days. Besides running her fabulously clever recycling and reuse company, RePlayGround, she’s working on articles for us here at Craftzine.com, writing a book, and is one of the stars (yes, I said it, she’s a star!) of the new show Garbage […]
Shapeways, the Dutch 3D printing company, is coming to Maker Faire, all the way from the Netherlands! We’re thrilled to have them on-board. To get their user-community excited, and to get some cool 3D objects to show off at the Faire, they’re holding a contest. Here are the details: To inspire people we would like […]
Apologies for the terrible photo, it was packed! Great job to everyone who gave presentations at tonight’s Ignite Minneapolis event. There were some insightful, funny, and useful presentations, but huge kudos to Make: television‘s very own Bill Gurstelle who kicked off the night with an energetic manifesto on the “art of living dangerously”. The take […]
Well, if Episode #005 was the Failure Episode, #006 was the show without a guest. Our scheduled guest, Jeri Ellsworth, was at Notacon. Wires got crossed and she thought the show was on Saturday. Luckily, the whole thing is very casual, so Dale, Mark, and I took it all in stride and just ran with […]
