MAKE @ The Happening: Mixed-Reality Party
The Happening is an event produced by R & B Coffee in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the burgeoning local art and culture scene in Washington, D.C. and to inspire participation in helping changing D.C. communities preserve and enhance their dynamism and diversity. It will feature music, art, dance,film, poetry, and a fashion show, all live […]
MAKEZine.com is nominated for a 2006 Web Award – The SXSW Web Awards uncover the the best new websites and celebrate those who are building and implementing tomorrow’s online trends. MAKEZine.com is in – Educational Resource: From elementary school learning to advanced technology related tips, these are sites that help you learn. Churchill and the Great Republic, MAKEZine, Perduts pel Garraf, The Genographic Project, The Weather Channel: Weather in the Classroom.
This is a great Google map project – when you’re out and about in New York City and spot something cool destined for the dump, take a photo with your phone, send a description and an address! The photo and location will show up on Garbagescout.com, there’s also a RSS feed! Dumpster diving just went Web 2.0 – [
Hey Makers – Any large format printing, vehicle wrappers interested in working on a MAKE magazine project with
Kevin writes – “One of the questions that is inevitably asked in every aquarium chat room, newsgroup and bulletin board is “just how large an aquarium can my floor support.” Then the answers follow from people who usually use basically correct structural principles to come to often incorrect conclusions. Unfortunately, I then jump into the fray and try to explain in just a few words, what cannot possibly be explained in just a few words. So the result is that no one fully understands my explanation, since it seems contrary to his or her experience. So here is the long winded explanation from some one (me) that has been working as a structural engineer since 1976.” Thanks Jason!
One download and you’re set – “Download TorPark for your language, and put it on a USB Flash keychain. Plug it into any internet terminal whether at home, school, or public. Run Torpark.exe and it will launch a Tor circuit connection, which creates an encrypted tunnel from your computer indirectly to a Tor exit computer, giving the appearance of having the Tor exit computer’s IP.” [
From the same folks who publish MAKE comes Rough Cuts, early access to books at they’re being written. I just started reading Flickr Hacks and it’s awesome. Here’s more info – “Sometimes you just can’t wait for the book. When you need to learn a new technology right now, turn to the Rough Cuts service from Safari Books Online. You’ll get early access to books on cutting-edge technologies-you can literally read them as they’re being written.”