Check Out the Behemoth: an Oversized Robot That Makes Nerdy Quilts
Science, animation, robots, and quilting. These passions come together in the quilts of Theodore Gray and Nina Paley.
geek culture
Attack On Titan Cardboard Table Is Cosplay for Your Couch
There are two hot properties engulfing living rooms everywhere across North America. One is of the animated variety and the other is of the ‘must have’ home furnishings persuasion. First we have one of the hottest anime programs in the history of the genre! Attack on Titan has become a breakout hit from the […]
Cosplay Skills: Custom Temporary Tattoos
Take your cosplay, dress-up, or everyday fun skills to a whole new level with this awesome tutorial for making and applying your own realistic-looking custom temporary tattoos!
The Mystery and Joys of Strange Crates in the Mail
Today was another hectic day at the office. Workdays can get all tangled up sometimes, serious, fraught with drama, with looming deadlines. And too much coffee. And then you get a mysterious wooden crate in the mail. At least that’s what happened to me today. I came back to my office after a meeting to […]
Alt.Comic-Con: Strolling Artists’ Alley
My morning at Comic-Con was jam-packed, and I do mean jam-packed. It’s absurdly crowded. The whole harbor area of San Diego is aswarm with unwashed geek masses (and the booth babes who pretend to like them). Just crossing the street is a major logistical undertaking. The first thing you notice when you register is the […]
MAKE Goes to Comic-Con
We’re excited to be covering Comic-Con this year for MAKE, as part of our “alt.” event coverage, where we look at these cons through a maker’s lens. I got here last night and things were already hopping. The scale of this event is staggering. I’ll be talking to some old friends and MAKE contributors, like […]
The Pop Culture Paper Cuts of Olly Moss
Going through this online gallery of paper silhouettes and trying to identify all of the characters from movies, TV, and other pop culture media sources is really fun. Many of them are instantly recognizable, some of them take awhile for the “ah-ha” moment to hit. Some, for me anyway, remain a mystery. [via Blake Maloof’s […]
