DIY Projects

Cigar box guitar photos

Cigar box guitar photos

MAKE Flickr photo pool member Pasque writes – “I am building guitars out of cigar boxes with my students at Roberto Clemente in Ann Arbor, MI. Here are some photos of the prototype I built at home (now updated with photos of my students’ guitars). I went begging and got a bunch of wooden fingerjointed […]

Technical Video Rentals…

Technical Video Rentals…

Travis writes in with some good news, features, and a contest on TechnicalVideoRental, a video rental service for Makers – “…we released our new website, which supports customer ratings, viewer feedback, AND editorial reviews…We’re very happy that in two weeks we’ve already gotten over 70 reviews, good, bad, and ugly. From the “do yourself a […]

Gonzo Engineering

Gonzo Engineering

An excellent essay every Maker should read on Gonzo Engineering by Steven K. Roberts, creator of the MicroShip – “…It is from this culture that the Internet emerged, as well as the Open Source movement that carries in its breast our last hope for freedom of choice. Less obviously, it’s also a diverse community of […]

Design It Yourself

Design It Yourself

Ami on Coolhunting has a post about a Maker-friendly book I think I’ll order “Taking the D.I.Y. revolution one step further, Design It Yourself is the indie entrepreneur’s bible for how to design a wide variety of business basics, from press kits to wall graphics.” If anyone has read it, post up in the comments […]