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Waffle shoes – Responding to a need

Chris Connors

Making things is the best way to learn about our world.

Image from InsideNikeRunning Did you know that your sneakers are probably the result of a vision of insight at the breakfast table? Maybe you recall wearing shoes that looked like these back in the day. Bill Bowerman, was a successful track coach when he appropriated his wife’s waffle iron one day after breakfast. Bowerman and […]

Color Inspiration from Salmon Flies

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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March 12th, 2009 6

My friend Alex is addicted to fishing. I tried to tag along but all I was interested in was trying to make jewelry from the shiny bits he tied to his line. Then recently, he got into fly fishing and showed me this video of salmon flies by Davie McPhail, which totally blew me away. […]