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Happy Lady Ada Day!

Happy Lady Ada Day!

By Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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Lady Ada Day celebrates the life of Ada Lovelace, daughter of the poet Lord Byron credited with being the world’s first computer programmer.

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A is for Ampere…

A is for Ampere…

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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A little stroke of marketing genius from Limor and Phil over at adafruit. Monsieur Ampère here was just released as a preview of their forthcoming E is for Electronics coloring book, in collaboration with illustrator Travis Pitts. A list of all the letters, and what they’re “for,” is here. They’re planning to have the books ready in time for Festivus.

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Ladyada gets EFF Pioneer Award!

Ladyada gets EFF Pioneer Award!

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. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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We’re thrilled to announce that MAKE pal, and Advisory Board member, Limor Fried, aka Ladyada, has been honored with an 18th annual EFF Pioneer Award. Well-deserved, we say. Congrats, Limor! Here’s the little bio from the EFF announcement: A pioneer in the field of open-source hardware and software hacking, Ladyada helps the general public engineer […]

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Adafruit’s business card makes art!

Adafruit’s business card makes art!

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. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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I’m a huge fan of business cards that DO stuff, that you can punch out, fold into usable tools or make into monitor pets, desktop siege weapons, cards that you can use in a circuit, cards that contain data. So, I’m over the moon about ladyada’s new card, a laser-cut, punch-out “spirograph” art-machine. Maybe if […]

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