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This 11-Year-Old Fit a Gaming System into an Altoids Tin

Elijah Horland is an avid Minecraft player, an accomplished novice builder, a raspberry pi enthusiast, and an urban explorer. Currently studying kayaking and street-luge for the summer, you can follow his travels at http://www.notabomb.org

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By Jeremy Horland

Jeremy Horland

Jeremy Horland is a survivor of the 300 baud era. He spends his time working on edible cake images, UNIX systems, STEM coaching and vaudeville origami-comedy.

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July 19th, 2016July 20th, 2016

Elijah wanted a retro-game console that could be playable both on the road in hotels, guest houses, and summer venues…

22 Raspberry Pi Media Servers from Vintage to Modern

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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January 7th, 2016January 5th, 2016 4

These Raspberry Pi media servers may be vintage or modern, but they’re all great for streaming music.

Creative Inspiration: Accidental Altered Mint Tins Collection

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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February 25th, 2014April 20th, 2015

Hitting the road soon? Or, perhaps you’re just a lover of tiny, wonderful things? Get inspired by Silvia Chenault’s super-charming accidental altered mint tins collection!

How-To: Altoids Tin Abacus

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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July 11th, 2012 0

Instructables user eclipsed posted a how-to guide which walks you through the process of turning an Altoids tin into a pocket abacus. To make your own, all you’ll need is an awl, some wire, beads, and of course an Altoids tin.

22 Ways to Reuse an Altoids Tin

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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February 9th, 2011June 10th, 2015 6

We’re big fans of Altoids tins here at MAKE, which is why we love this awesome round-up of 22 Manly Ways to Reuse an Altoids Tin by The Art of Manliness. Highlights include: a pinhole camera, an urban survival kit, and my favorite, the fireball shooter. If, after reading that, you still don’t know what […]