So, are you ready? We’re not really ready. We’re in denial. And seeing that a lot of sites started running their holiday gift guides before the wicks on the Halloween pumpkins had even cooled, only made us want to dive deeper into denial. But don’t get us wrong, we’re not Scrooges or anything. We like […]
An interview with Jack Goodman by Mark Frauenfelder In this third and final piece of our wind cart series, we interview Jack Goodman, the man from Florida who shot a video of a cart he built to find out if a wind-powered vehicle could outrun a tailwind. Goodman’s video (which was posted by the Amateur […]
Robot builder Kelly designed this excellent AVR Treasure Chest, and used it to send his sons on a high-tech treasure hunt: When my boys were very young, I made a treasure chest from a cheap toolbox, placed an electronic lock in it (AT90S1200) and sent them on a treasure hunt, solving clues and ultimately opening […]
Wires, wires everywhere. I don’t like looking at wires, wires everywhere. Even though I have a USB hub, it’s a bit of an eyesore sitting on top of my desk, plugged into devices up top, and my computer down below. I decided it was time to embed the hub directly into the surface of the desk. Using the Dremel Multi-Max to plunge-cut the wood desktop, I fit the USB hub into the desk, and attached the hub to the underside using brackets. It’s now stable, stylish, and out of the way.
I absolutely love these meter crawlers, built by Keiko Takahashi in 2008.
Blair Neal put together this video demonstration of Nam June Paik’s Wobbulator.
By Jeff Potter A recipe excerpt from Cooking for Geeks This is a simple cocktail and a darn good one. And having a simple, darn-good cocktail in your repertoire can be handy. Ingredients 2-3 Fresh sage leaves 2 oz Gin 2 oz Pink grapefruit juice Ice cubes Directions Step 1: Put two or three sage […]
