Marie-Claire Camp, of ellohay!, sent us word of this upcoming event: The Geek-a-thon is ellohay! West Michigan’s first annual install-fest. This evening event will bring geeks from all over the area together to help prepare 100 computers to be given away, free of charge, to at-risk and impoverished high school students in Grand Rapids. ellohay! […]
We’re thrilled to have our buddy Bill Gurstelle as a guest author on Make: Online for the next month. I’ve had the profound pleasure of knowing some really delightful and brilliant eccentrics in my life, folks whose response to “think outside the box” is “what box?” This guy works beyond the box. One thing I […]
Bill Gurstelle is a Contributing Editor for MAKE magazine. His most recent book is entitled Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously. You can follow Bill on his danger-quest at twitter.com/wmgurst. He is a guest Make: Online author for the month of August. My friend Zina Saunders’ beautiful illustrations show […]
Here’s a charming, inspiring little intro to the documentary about William Kamkwamba, the Malawian teen who got a book out of the library on windmills (which had pictures of the them, but no tech details) and figured out how to build his own to bring electrical power to his family. William will be participating in […]
Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” was one of my first hardware hacking heroes. I just started following him on Twitter, and via his feed, found this other nomadness site, Technomadia. It chronicles the technomadic lives of Cherie Ve Ard & Chris Dunphy. In this post, they talk about being on “Nomadic Standard Time,” and about […]
Dale Grover, of GO-Tech (Ann Arbor, MI), writes: Developers, artists, and enthusiasts will display their ideas at the first Ann Arbor “Mini” Maker Faire, August 29, 2009, in downtown Ann Arbor. Applications are sought from people and groups with engaging, cool projects. Entry Deadline: August 4, 2009. Space is limited–please submit your entry by the […]
In the immortal word of Keanu Reeves: “Whoa.” A Water-Powered Jetpack
