I SO wanted the Stanley FUBAR Xtreme, until I saw the price. Forty bones for a glorified pry bar with a weight problem. Apparently, Will O’Brien (of Hack A Day and DIY Life) had similar sticker shock. But he ponied up and began terrorizing the walls of his new home. He’s happy with his shinny […]
I recently rented the movie “The Astronaut Farmer” starring Billy Bob Thornton, thinking this movie about a guy who builds his own rocket in his backyard had the potential to be a good Maker movie. It had the making of a decent DIY setup, like “The World’s Fastest Indian.” Yet this movie turned out to […]
Martha Stewart Kids is now on newsstands, with some cute ideas for summer parties (my birthday was always lost during the Christmas holidays, so I pined for a fun summer party): “From themed birthday parties, to scrumptious cookie cakes and irresistible goody bags, the Summer 2007 special issue of Good Things for Kids is chock […]
Dug North has a nice write up and review of the Kreg pocket hole joinery system, he writes – Are you inclined to make things yourself from wood, but are short on the skills required for complex wood joints? Are you an accomplished woodworker who just wants a faster way to make a variety of […]
ThreadBanger’s Threadheads has a tutorial on how to sew up this sizzlin’ summer bikini from old t-shirts. Also, don’t miss their recent coverage of the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago. Link.
Todbot (author of Roomba Hacking) has a review of the iRobot Create Robot, he writes – At the 2007 CES iRobot announced a robot explicitly designed for hobbyist and educational robotics experimenters called the iRobot Create. The iRobot Create is now shipping and iRobot kindly sent me one to review and verify it’s applicability to […]
Mark has a short review and round of some dangerous books, some more than others, including my favorite he Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments… he writes – Already a huge hit in the UK, The Dangerous Book for Boys, by Gon Iggulden and Hal Iggulden, is taking the US by storm. The first print run […]
