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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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April 28th, 2008 0

Lenore, of Evil Mad Scientist Labs, glimpses the pattern that connects in a spool of monolithic capacitors: These capacitors… exhibit the opposite spirals of phyllotaxis that are probably most familiar from the face of a sunflower. Who knew capacitors could be so lovely? Electronic Phyllotaxis

Precision puzzlemaking (or something like that) @ Maker Faire

By Collin Cunningham

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April 16th, 2008December 22nd, 2015

Lee’s handcrafted wooden puzzles are world renowned – and for good reason. Each piece shows his passion for geometric form and interactivity, easily doubling as conventional visual sculpture. Lee Krasnow is a full time puzzlemaker currently based out of San Francisco, California. Several years ago he downloaded Stewart Coffin’s Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections along […]