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The Sublime Pleasures of the “Makecation”

The Sublime Pleasures of the “Makecation”

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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Your humble author travels to his dining room table to indulge in his tabletop gaming obsession for ten days.

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MAKEcation: Powered bikes!

MAKEcation: Powered bikes!

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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I found these two bikes in the MAKE Flickr pool: The top photo shows a folding bike with an “electric push trailer” — a $75 e-bike conversion kit turned into an electrically-powered trailer. Neat idea! The bottom photo shows a standard mountain bike that some maniac has hacked to run via gas engine. What have […]

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MAKEcation: JB interviews John Graham-Cumming, author of Geek Atlas

MAKEcation: JB interviews John Graham-Cumming, author of Geek Atlas

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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Have you ever wanted to tour Bletchley Park, the headquarters of Britain’s WWII codebreaking efforts? How about the Gutenberg Museum, dedicated to the invention of movable type? The Geek Atlas by John Graham-Cumming collects 128 of those “dream destinations” every one an important aspect of our geek heritage. In the National Air and Space Museum […]

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How to build a catapult part 3 – Hollywood inspirations

How to build a catapult part 3 – Hollywood inspirations

William Gurstelle

By William Gurstelle

William Gurstelle

William Gurstelle is a contributing editor of Make: magazine. His new book, ReMaking History: Early Makers is now available.

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Has anyone else noticed a lot of movies with trebuchets and other catapults in them? I sure have. For instance, they were the special-effects stars in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, particularly, the Return of the King. They’ve been on TV as well: Fox Sports, the Simpsons, Northern Exposure, PBS Nova, Warner Brother’s cartoons and probably many others.

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