There’s a big Open House at TechShop, Menlo Park, this Saturday, 6/13/2009 from 10 AM to 6 PM. There will be a presentation and workshop by Bob Johansen (Fellow from the Institute for the Future) discussing points from his book on leadership skills for makers. They’re also offering TechShop Maker Faire Membership Specials, going on […]
Dorkbot SF is celebrating the org’s seventh anniversary with a party at The Boiler Bar (2600 Magnolia @ 26th West Oakland, CA), 8:00pm – 2:00am, Saturday June 20, 2009. Featuring: Twin 15 Foot Tesla Coils just to light a lightbulb! Golden Mean, Marriage Wrecker and Muffin Art Cars! Tasty Food by Nick & Kiva Beer […]
MAKE Contributing Editor Bill Gurstelle appears to be having a blast guest blogging on Boing Boing. I can’t keep up with all of his post, he’s so prolific. The first image above is from a post on a tree grown into a garden chair. I’ve always been fascinated by pleaching and other forms of shaping […]
Check out this mighty planet-killer of a kettle grill, sent to us by Bryan Tate. He’s a sheet metal worker who’s going to school, studying engineering, and is starting to put his projects online. May I suggest an R2-D2 barrel smoker as your next assignment? Death Star Grill
Here’s a video excerpt of Adam Savage’s wonderful talk at Maker Faire. He’s telling the story of a life-changing experience that’s helped form his character and how massively screwing up can sometimes end up as a positive. MythBuster Adam Savage’s Colossal Failures [You can see additional clips from Adam’s talk and watch the entire hour-long […]
In this Ignite rap, Hillel Cooperman talks about his, and other adults’, Lego obsession. Caution: Mild adult themes and the ol’ F-word is dropped halfway through. You can subscribe to Ignite: iTunes: http://bit.ly/ignite ORM Show: http://feeds.feedburner.com/oreilly/igniteshow Ignite
It seems Synthmaker Unearthed Circuits has built one of just about every popular sound project known to the internet-kind. But his knack for retro-military console styling sets his collection apart from others’ work – awesome to see such continuity of style and high-quality work. Example: the Stepped Tone Generator (aka – Atari Punk Console) – […]
