If your dad is a maker, take a look at this roundup of Father’s Day ideas from Make: Projects and The Maker Shed. You can print PDF instruction sheets, round up the materials, and then spend the holiday making something cool together.
Never mind “special.” Dad doesn’t want something “special” for Father’s Day: He wants something awesome. Something that he can use. And if you made it yourself, it will remind him how unexpectedly competent his kid turned out to be every time he looks at it. Turns out MAKE has something of a line in awesome useful stuff you can make yourself. Stick with me.
Father’s day is Sunday, June 19, 2011. Started by Sonora Dodd to honor her father who raised five children alone after the Civil War, President Coolidge supported the idea, Lyndon signed a proclamation, and in 1972 it was official. Dad deserves something special this year. After all, he made you! Here are some gift ideas […]
Happy Memorial Day from the Mitten! We’re just getting ready to do some grilling out here in Detroit – what’s on the menu out there? Martha Stewart’s Berry Spritzer, from here 2010 Memorial Day show, looks fantastic. I think we’ll be making these later…
Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo The MRAP (mine-resistant ambush-protected) Overhead Wire Mitigation Kit was a top Army invention in recent years. You’ve all heard the amazing stories of soldiers hacking on the battlefield — the stories of fox hole radios, scrap armor, and anti-IED tech (that must constantly change as IED tech itself adjusts to […]
It’s a dorky chemistry joke and it’s a pun and it’s an egg. It’s like it was made just for me. Pictured is diethyl ether, which is what most folks are talking about when they say “ether.” But the C-O-C bond is really what makes an ether, and there are infinitely many possible ether eggs if this one does not satisfy your need for them. I am personally holding out for fluoromethyl hexafluoroisopropyl ether eggs. Thank you, Thingiverse user linuxwrangler.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the maker moms everywhere (and that would be ALL of them). Here, mom made you a delicious algae smoothie. What doesn’t say love like a tall glass of cyanobacteria?
