Announcements

0wning the 2.4Ghz Spectrum Show

Owned
New show to download! from the shadows box 3- An inside look at the vulnerabilities of the 2.4Ghz spectrum with a complete vulnerability assessment by means of WarDriving and WarViewing (from a plane too!). Helping folks with HDTV and HD-DVD, extend the range of the wireless capabilities of the Sony PSP and “How to Crack a WEP Key in a Few Minutes”. Link.

Systm New Web only Tech Show

Systm New Web only Tech Show

Systm
Kevin Rose of G4Tech TV fame is moving on to do his own web only technology show (and homegrown network) called Systm. All episodes will be released free of charge, in a variety of formats (Theora, Xvid, WMV, H.264, PSP), wrapped in RSS (for vidcasting) and licensed under the Creative Commons. Link. I think we’re going to see a lot of great shows come out this year!

MAKE on a PSP

MAKE on a PSP

15003337 Fb29Ab39E2 T Make reader Ross from the UK writes “I took the preview pdf of the “Lets Rumble” article from the front page and experimented with trying to fit it into the PSP photo size. Well it worked really well so i finished off the article and put it on my PSP. It looks great so i thought i would share it you” Here are the photos. And here is a ZIP file with the images sized for the PSP, just place them in the PSP/PHOTOS directory on your memory stick.

Killing time in Line- Audio!

Killing time in Line- Audio!

Makeaudio
This week we released 3 audio shows to help pass the time waiting in line for Episode III and as DIY noise cancelation. Today while in line the fellow in front of us had seen it already and was convinced it was a good idea to tell everyone around him all the details. Don’t let this happen to you, get these audio shows. Yahoo! Music interview with Ian Rogers, DIY Robotics with Thomas Burick from White Box Robotics and DIY Droid/R2-D2 builders with Tom Jozwiak & Kelly Krider.

MAKE on RocketBoom

MAKE on RocketBoom

Rocketboom
I watch the daily news vlog (video blog) called RocketBoom with Amanda Congdon and today MAKE appeared on there! I had shot a video about our 2nd issue for a friend about our podcast article and it was automatically downloaded via ANT, then played. More about ANT here. And go check out the RocketBoom video here.

MakeShift Awards!

MakeShift Awards!

Makeshift Awards
In MAKE 01 readers were challenged with a scenario of being stranded far from civilization with a dead car battery. Tons of amazing responses and earlier we posted the analysis and winners. Here’s what they won- a custom Maker-made T-Shirt, a SWISSMEMORY
USB Victorinox 512MB and this MAKE trophy from William Lidwell of stuffcreators -photos of the Victorinox, packaging and shirt here. Issue 02 (shipping now) will have another great shifter! Be sure to enter!