While filming the Wii/Arduino Flight Recorder episode of Make: television, we went to the Mall of America for a location shoot. The Mall has four roller coasters in it. How many does yours have? Mine has none, but I think that’s because it never gets cold in Los Angeles, so we leave ours outside. We […]
Continue ReadingJust seven weeks until MAKE: television premieres. In the meantime, here’s one of our viewer-submitted Maker Channel videos. Ted and Zack make an instant French fry machine called the Uber Tuber. If you want to tell us about something you make, go to www.makerchannel.org Make:’s Public Television premiere is in January 2009. Want to know […]
Continue ReadingThe premiere Make: television is 8 weeks away. Here’s a snippet of what you’ll see in one of the shows — John Park transforming a shopping cart into a stylish easy chair, and then into a go kart! View the clip above, get the M4V and/or subscribe in iTunes. Make: television will premiere on Public […]
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Hosting the Maker Workshop segment of the upcoming Make: television show has been a quick education on how TV is made. The show is done as a two-camera shoot. This means there are two cameramen, one covering me and another covering the project. It’s a great way to shoot, because it allows the editor to […]
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I’m John Park and I’ve been invited to blog here at Make. I’m thrilled that Phil and the rest of the incredible team are letting me join them. By day I’m a character rigger making animated movies; by night (and early morning), I’m a father and husband, Maker, and freelance writer. Thanks to a chance […]
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During filming of the latest set of episodes, I gave Maker’s Notebooks to some of the wonderful crew members on the set of the Make: television show. We got to talking about modding them, and someone said, “I wish the thing had a reading light”. My idea is to use the embedded bookmark ribbon as […]
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