Math Monday: Bagel Cutting Revisited
More exploring math through the slicing of your morning bagel.
Month: December 2010
Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Dangerous Giving
Wow, where does the time go? The book will soon close on the first decade of the millennium, so let’s take a moment and contemplate life’s pace and direction. If your first read of the 21st century seemed a little humdrum, fear not! “The secret of reaping the greatest enjoyment from life,” Friedrich Nietzsche famously […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2010: DIY Photography
Know someone that is interested in photography? Or a tinkerer who wants to present his or her work in a better light? Then we have a guide for you! Here are some project and gear recommendations to help you find the perfect present. Build a Stroboscope, Make: Projects, Free! The stroboscope is a super simple […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Electronics Tools
Whether total beginner or seasoned pro, there’s one thing that all electronics enthusiasts need to do their work: the right tools! Here are some of my favorites for the circuit tinkerers on your gift list. Extech EX330 multimeter, Extech, $55 A multimeter is one of the basic tools that you’ll depend on, so it makes […]
How-To: Hide a USB drive in a floppy disk
I really liked Charles Mangin’s USB floppy disk, so I was excited when I saw that he put together this how-to video explaining how to make your own.
Windows Phone 7 giveaway winner
The tireless MAKE servicedroids have poured through all of the entries in our Doing More With Less Windows Phone 7 giveaway. In the cold calculations of their binary logic (i.e. we used a random number generator), the winner of the phone is “libertymama.” Congrats! Email sent. Thanks to everyone who participated in the discussion and […]
Hilarious mock ad for an electronic component
I don’t know I needed a programmable logic device for anything before I watched this mock spot for Lattice Semiconductor’s MachXO2 PLD, but now I want to put one in every device I design!