MAKE is now accessible on Flipboard and we think our content is looking pretty sweet in this format. It’s a really unique and handsome way to view some of our offerings. For those of you unfamiliar with Flipboard, it’s an iPad app that pulls content from Facebook and Twitter feeds (and the content that it […]
Club-Mate is a German club beverage that basically consists of lightly-carbonated, lightly-sweetened, heavily caffeinated tea. Somehow it was adopted by the German and Austrian hacker scene as their official staying-up-late-and-coding beverage. It’s become so popular that it’s been imported to the U.S. where it fetches prices as high as $10 a bottle. Despite these hurdles, […]
There’s a lot of excited post-Faire activity over on our Maker Faire Facebook page. People are sharing their experiences, posting photos and videos, and generally gushing over their weekend. Moments after the Faire was over, I started a topic on the Faire FB page about favorite moments. There are a lot of good comments there, including some good criticism, there. Check it out.
I’m loving this easy tutorial from Beach Vintage. The next time you find an ornate little frame at the thrift store, why not paint it and use it as the basis for an adorable pin cushion? What a beautiful way to use a piece of vintage embroidered doily!
Make: Live episode 09 was broadcasted from the grounds of Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Thanks to our guests David Farish, Sung Kim, Jimmie Rodgers, Tero Karvinen, Kimmo Karvinen, Lindsay Lawlor, Gerard Nebesky, and our special guest host, Super Awesome Sylvia. Catch up on video and notes from the show here. Subscribe to the MAKE […]
There’s so much to love here. It’s a Harry Potter quilt. It’s paper-pieced. And the artist, Jennifer Ofenstein, is hosting the H P Paper Piecing Project of Doom, where she shares a different block pattern each week. Read the full story of this quilt, a two-year process, on Jennifer’s blog, Sewhooked. As she puts it, […]
“Here Is A Trash Can Full of Flip Cams”…. Scrambler writes – …While I like to think it’s an omen—that mankind is to read this as a cautionary tale not to ever let smartphones determine the trajectory of a badass camera in its own right, it’s probably just another one of those charming signs of […]
