Since I will be in Boston/Cambridge for meetings this week, I’ve organized a Maker meetup for Wednesday night, starting at 6:30pm at the Publick House in Brookline. This is a completely informal drop-in and chat event, made all the easier by some hand-crafted Belgian-style beers. Jake Von Slatt, who is on the cover of the […]
Make: Day was a huge success this weekend at the Science Museum of Minnesota. My fingers are crossed that this marks the first of many events where you can take your family to learn about electronics, make robots, meet the makers from your favorite Make: television episodes, interact with radio controlled artwork, and listen to […]
I like this “Beginning Engineer’s Checklist,” from the PIClist site. Here are the first six items on the list: 1. NEVER loan out your copies of: The Art of Electronics (Horowitz & Hill, Cambridge University Press) (you do HAVE a copy don’t you?) Illustrated Sourcebook of Mechanical Components or Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors […]
From New World Geek comes this curious strategy for dealing with hard times. Two Seattle architects have set up a Lucy from Peanuts-like 5¢ advice booth in a Seattle farmer’s market. Their mission: Architecture 5¢ is about starting conversations, it’s that simple. People have questions about how they want to live in their home; whether […]
Make: Day was a huge success! With the aid of over 25 Makers from the Twin Cities area, and thousands more families and Maker enthusiasts, we took over the Science Museum of Minnesota in downtown St. Paul on Saturday. Make: Day was emceed by Make: magazine contributor and Make: television Technical Advisor, Bill Gurstelle, and […]
Make: Talk Show Notes, Episode #002, March 13, 2009 Mark, Dale, and I had fun this past Friday on our second episode of Make: Talk. We’re still working out some of the technical bugs and tweaking the format, but we’re excited to have this opportunity to touch base every week, with each other, our contributors, […]
Richard Hudson, Executive Producer of Make: Television at Twin Cities Public Television, sent me this photo of the show’s host John Park gathering a crowd at today’s Make: Day festival in St. Paul, MN. TPT and the Museum of Science in Minnesota organized the day at the museum in St. Paul. One of the makers […]
