Hand-tied paracord sling
I’m really digging all the manly knot-tying going on over at Stormdrane’s blog.
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A nation of engineers
Our copy chief, Keith Hammond, circulated this in internal Maker Media email. It’s from a piece on Washington Post columnist Joel Achenbach’s blog, from back in June. Advice to graduates: Become an engineer. Design the future. Become someone who knows how to squeeze energy out of seawater or turn sunlight into electricity for pennies on […]
The monthly Make: Newsletter is back
Just wanted to make sure that everybody knows that we’ve started publishing the monthly Make: Newsletter again. The new version will have some original columns, exclusive features, special deals on subscriptions and Maker Shed products, and provide a bit of a behind the scenes look at Maker Media. One of the new columns introduced in […]
OMG Zelda prop sword
It’s made from reinforced resin and finished with automotive paints by Aaron of Fiberglassblades. That’s him in the Ryo Sanada getup below. Holy crap. Make: Halloween Contest 2009 Microchip Technology Inc. and MAKE have teamed up to present to you the Make: Halloween Contest 2009! Show us your embedded microcontroller Halloween projects and you could […]
Not Brian Wilson’s woodie
That’s right, it’s a wooden sports car. And although the sexy images shown here look PhotoShop-y to me, the body of the car, which is made fiberglass-style out of wooden fibers woven on a custom-built loom, appears really to be complete. You can follow Joe Harmon’s construction of “Splinter” at his site. [via Dude Craft]
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind — fantastic new book about a how a Malawian teenager harnessed the power of the wind
I reviewed The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind for Good. I think it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. Here’s an excerpt of my review: William Kamkwamba’s parents couldn’t afford the $80 yearly tuition for their son’s school. The boy sneaked into the classroom anyway, dodging administrators for a few weeks until they […]
Sign up for the Make: Online Newsletter
Did you know that Make: Online has an electronic newsletter? Well, we used to. We haven’t put an issue out in awhile, but we’re going to start republishing it in October. The newsletter is a great way to get more of an inside look at what’s going on at Maker Media, and to get content […]
