[Pics by Gary Mattingly] Steam Powered, the first California Steampunk Convention has drawn to a close. What a fantastic, inspiring event! Bowlers and top hats off to Ariane Wolfe, Tofa Borregaard, Richard Bottoms, and everyone else who made the con come off so well. I met tons of cool, friendly, and talented people, marveled at […]
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters were recently in Seattle for a live show – I got to hang out and ask them some questions before the show. I also passed on your suggestions – you guys were awesome, there were tons! They were great to interview; they’re not bored by each other or […]
Here’s part two of my interview with Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage of Mythbusters. PS: So where are you going to be in 10 years, with fleeting fame? AS: I have no idea. PS: Do you have things you want to do? Do you have time to even think about it? AS: I want to […]
The great writers’ guide to DIY – Features, Books – The Independent via RW. In his book Kafka’s Soup, Mark Crick parodied literary giants by imagining how their their best-known characters would cook. Now, in Sartre’s Sink, he’s got them tackling home improvements… Hanging wallpaper with Ernest Hemingway Tools: Pasting brush, Wallpaper brush, Decorator’s scissors, […]
One of my favorite things about Maker Faire is watching people make things. There are so many things to see and so many distractions – it’s really cool to slow down and watch folks really focusing on the thing they’re doing. Here’s a little round-up of makers, both kids and grownups, making masks, metal-working, playing […]
Reflections on tinkering by Steve Song, sounds about right to me… What do you think makers? via Bruce. “Tinkering isn’t so much a specific set of technical skills: there tends to be a pretty instrumental view of knowledge. You pick up just enough knowledge about electronics, textiles, metals, programming, or paper-folding to figure out how […]
Next time you throw out those cardboard boxes in your garage, be sure to make sure you don’t live in the same Brunswick Hills, Ohio neighborhood as artist Mark Langan. Langan masterfully turns discarded cardboard into everything from car engines to bicycles to other intricate machines by exploiting its grooves and textures into fascinating forms […]
