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Carved Mushroom Skulls

Carved Mushroom Skulls

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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If you have ‘shrooms in the house, it’s hard to look at this image, spotted on Facebook, and not want to grab them and a paring knife and start to skull-ify ’em. A great way to add a spooky detail to a salad for a Halloween party.

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Two Turntables and a Firing Cone

Two Turntables and a Firing Cone

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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From artist Fabien Clerc, this fully-functional set of two ceramic turntables (and a ceramic mixer) called back in the good old days. The work is dated 2009, and appeared in an exhibit at Geneva’s Rath museum.

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Dodecahedron Speaker Delivers Almost Spherical Sound

Dodecahedron Speaker Delivers Almost Spherical Sound

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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Sean Ragan created this fantastic dodecahedron speaker and shares a full guide to building it with all of the design files.

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Jerrycan Speakers

Jerrycan Speakers

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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I seem to recall that speaker enclosures should be rigid and massive, generally speaking, but there’s no denying the cool factor in this build-it-yourself project from Quebecois industrial designer Samuel Bernier. [via nerdstink]

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Knock Down Pizza Oven From Bricks, Scrap Iron

Knock Down Pizza Oven From Bricks, Scrap Iron

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Clever idea from Eric Rochow of GardenFork: [O]ur oven uses used clay brick and 24″ angle iron we cut from a old bed frame. You have to heat up the oven for an hour to get it up to temperature. The brick pizza oven has to be on sturdy sawhorses or cement blocks. We used […]

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