Magic Lantern Castle Museum
Boing Boing — ... I interviewed Jack for Make:16 and I took the photo of him, below, in his workshop where he repairs magic lanterns and keeps them working. My excerpt below contains some parts of the conversation that didn't make it into the article. ...

Instructables/Craftsman contest
MAKE Magazine — Instructables has announced an amazing contest they're running with Sears. Called "The Craftsman Workshop of the Future Contest," all you have to do to be eligible is post an Instructable that uses tools! The grand prize winner will get a $20,000 Sears gift card (no, that's not a typo). Ten runners up will ...

Build your own alien projector
bookofjoe — ... .................... [via Brian McNamara and MAKE magazine, volume 16] ...

Top 10 viewed posts on MAKE in 2008
MAKE Magazine — We have a lot of posts on MAKE (20,000+) and while we have our favorites we like to look at what ended up circulating around the web the most each year - it's always an eclectic mix of projects and passions. Besides our main blog page, magazine page, video/podcast and paginated pages we've put together the top viewed posts in 2008 on MAKE, check them out and relive the fun of 2008! ...

StealthSwitch — 'World's first desktop cloaking device'
bookofjoe — ... Wrote Dick DeBartolo, "MADS's maddest writer," in issue 16 of MAKE magazine: "Playing games at school? Don't want to get caught? StealthSwitch is the answer. Install the software and plug the hidden foot switch into an available USB port, then just a tap of your toes will hide the current window, hide all windows, or hide all except the one you want to hide." Knowing me, I'd hit the foot switch and the screen would freeze and I'd be toast. You, though, you won't have any problem at all. Press the foot ...

Micro Grappling Hook
bookofjoe — ... John Edgar Park reviewed it in issue 16 of MAKE magazine as follows: "You will never, ever need your own personal, pocket-sized grappling hook. Ever. Until that one crowning moment when disaster strikes: someone will yell, 'If only we had a grappling hook!'" "You'll coolly draw your Micro Grappling Hook from your pocket, unscrew its base to reveal its three tiny spikes, thread them into their angled holes, recap it, and without saying a word, swing ...

Welcome to MAKE... Make: television coverage around the web
MAKE Magazine — ... upcycle, and act up. Based on the popular Make magazine, each half-hour episode hopes to inspire viewers to think, create, and, well, make. Each episode can be viewed or downloaded DRM-free, in HD on makezine.tv - the show is also available on Vimeo, YouTube, blip.tv and iTunes - We're pretty sure this might be the first TV show to launch in all these places, hopefully others will too! For the new folks just joining us here, MAKE is a magazine, it's also a yearly event called "Maker Faire", a very popular website, ...

The Evolution of HP TouchSmart
Zatz Not Funny! — ... or Make Magazine has hit this, but I think it’d be possible to pull off on a budget… as long as you didn’t want to place a drink on the “screen”. Hm. Regarding the actual deployed TouchSmart solutions, let’s just say I miss ...

Lost Knowledge: Reanimating Dead Media
MAKE Magazine — ... This is a new regular column exploring the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off the beaten path). Each Tuesday, we'll look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of MAKE Volume 17 (due on newsstands March 10, 2009) ...

Signing Off
Boing Boing — ... It's been a profound pleasure hanging out here for the last two and half weeks. It was so much fun to write about things other than technology for a while. But that seems to be my calling -- to write about tech that sucks less and people doin' it for themselves -- so back into the datamines I march. Speaking of which, I just finished guest editing the Lost Knowledge (aka Steampunk) theme for MAKE Volume 17. Content includes an amazing Whimshurst Influence Machine project by Jake von Slatt, how to build a tea cup Sterling engine, and how to create your own Wunderkammer ...

Lost Knowledge: Neon lights
MAKE Magazine — ... The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of MAKE Volume 17 (due on newsstands March 10, 2009) ...

Lost Knowledge: Village tech in West Papua, Indonesia
MAKE Magazine — ... The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of MAKE Volume 17 (due on newsstands March 10, 2009) ...

Hennepin Crawler
bookofjoe — ... Designed by Krank-Boom-Clank, "four Santa Rosa, California artists who wanted to build something that moves as gracefully along railroad tracks as it maneuvers around the playa at Burning Man," wrote Dave Sims in the latest issue (No. 17) of MAKE magazine. "'It was a very organic process' says Barnett [one of the four]. 'The only thing we had set was that it would be pedal-powered and that it had four ...

The art of Aaron Ristau
MAKE Magazine — ... In Volume 17, MAKE goes really old school with the Lost Knowledge issue, featuring projects and articles covering the steampunk scene -- makers creating their own alternative Victorian world through modified computers, phones, cars, costumes, and other fantastic creations. Projects include an elegant Wimshurst Influence Machine (an electrostatic generator built entirely from Home Depot parts), a Florence Siphon coffee brewer, and a teacup-powered Stirling engine. This special section also covers watchmaking, letterpress printing, the early multimedia art of William ...

In the Maker Shed: Welcome to MAKE bundle
MAKE Magazine — Announcing our new bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. This one is for any of our online readers that haven't subscribed to the print edition of MAKE. For a limited time we are offering a "Welcome to MAKE bundle" at an amazing discount. The Welcome to MAKE bundle includes: (1) Year subscription to MAKE Magazine $34.95 value (1) The Best of MAKE $34.99 value (1) Maker's Notebook $19.99 value All for the discounted price of $48. That's ...

Lost Knowledge: The Antikythera Device
MAKE Magazine — ... The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of MAKE Volume 17 (due on newsstands March 10, 2009) ...

Introducing the Make: Talk radio show
MAKE Magazine — ... In Volume 17, MAKE goes really old school with the Lost Knowledge issue, featuring projects and articles covering the steampunk scene -- makers creating their own alternative Victorian world through modified computers, phones, cars, costumes, and other fantastic creations. Projects include an elegant Wimshurst Influence Machine (an electrostatic generator built entirely from Home Depot parts), a Florence Siphon coffee brewer, and a teacup-powered Stirling engine. This special section also covers watchmaking, letterpress printing, the early multimedia art of William ...

Make: Talk -- a new live call in show on Friday March 6th
Boing Boing — On Friday March 6th at 12pm Pacific, Dale Dougherty and I will be hosting the first episode of our new live call-in show, Make: Talk. Our guest are Gareth Branwyn, who edited the "Lost Knowledge" section of MAKE Vol. 17, and Jake von Slatt, who designed and built the Wimshurst Spark Generator shown on the cover. To listen to the show, you can click the player above tomorrow at noon, or visit the show page at BlogTalkRadio. We welcome your calls at (646) 915-8698. You can also subscribe to the podcast of the show here ...

Lost Knowledge: The Catalog
MAKE Magazine — ... The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of MAKE Volume 17 (due on newsstands TODAY, March 10, 2009) ...

Craftsmanship Museum
bookofjoe — ... "The Craftsmanship Museum in Vista, California offers an impressive collection of the best model engineering in the world," was how MAKE magazine put it in its latest issue. ...

Makers Birthdays: Joseph Priestley
MAKE Magazine — ... In Volume 17, MAKE goes really old school with the Lost Knowledge issue, featuring projects and articles covering the steampunk scene -- makers creating their own alternative Victorian world through modified computers, phones, cars, costumes, and other fantastic creations. Projects include an elegant Wimshurst Influence Machine (an electrostatic generator built entirely from Home Depot parts), a Florence Siphon coffee brewer, and a teacup-powered Stirling engine. This special section also covers watchmaking, letterpress printing, the early multimedia art of William ...

Climate Sinners in the Jaws of an Angry Dog
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. — ... , maker of rapid prototyping machines. He writes the "Heirloom Technology" column for MAKE magazine and has contributed over 200 projects to ...

The Eye-Pod Victrola
MAKE Magazine — ... In Volume 17, MAKE goes really old school with the Lost Knowledge issue, featuring projects and articles covering the steampunk scene -- makers creating their own alternative Victorian world through modified computers, phones, cars, costumes, and other fantastic creations. Projects include an elegant Wimshurst Influence Machine (an electrostatic generator built entirely from Home Depot parts), a Florence Siphon coffee brewer, and a teacup-powered Stirling engine. This special section also covers watchmaking, letterpress printing, the early multimedia art of William ...

The forgotten Zeppelin knot
MAKE Magazine — ... In Volume 17, MAKE goes really old school with the Lost Knowledge issue, featuring projects and articles covering the steampunk scene -- makers creating their own alternative Victorian world through modified computers, phones, cars, costumes, and other fantastic creations. Projects include an elegant Wimshurst Influence Machine (an electrostatic generator built entirely from Home Depot parts), a Florence Siphon coffee brewer, and a teacup-powered Stirling engine. This special section also covers watchmaking, letterpress printing, the early multimedia art of William ...

In the Maker Shed: Welcome to MAKE bundle
MAKE Magazine — Have you seen our bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. This one is for any of our online readers that haven't subscribed to the print edition of MAKE. For a limited time we are offering a "Welcome to MAKE bundle" at an amazing discount. The Welcome to MAKE bundle includes: (1) Year subscription to MAKE Magazine $34.95 value (1) The Best of MAKE $34.99 value (1) Maker's Notebook $19.99 value All for the discounted price of $48. That's ...

How-To Tuesday: Teacup Stirling engine
MAKE Magazine — ... I'm not going to go over every last detail of the build since it is really well documented in MAKE, Volume 17 and you can even check out the ...

Make: how to make a teacup Stirling engine
Boing Boing — ... Marc De Vinck shows how to make the teacup Stirling engine we presented in Make Vol. 17, the "Lost Knowledge" issue. It uses the heat from a hot cup of water to run the engine. ...

Lost Knowledge: Airships
MAKE Magazine — ... The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of the current issue of MAKE, Volume 17 (on newsstands now) ...

Bob Jorgensen's steam projects
MAKE Magazine — ... In Volume 17, MAKE goes really old school with the Lost Knowledge issue, featuring projects and articles covering the steampunk scene -- makers creating their own alternative Victorian world through modified computers, phones, cars, costumes, and other fantastic creations. Projects include an elegant Wimshurst Influence Machine (an electrostatic generator built entirely from Home Depot parts), a Florence Siphon coffee brewer, and a teacup-powered Stirling engine. This special section also covers watchmaking, letterpress printing, the early multimedia art of William ...

Lost Knowledge: Island Tricks
MAKE Magazine — ... The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of the current issue of MAKE, Volume 17 (on newsstands now) ...

Welcome Nightline viewers!
MAKE Magazine — ... , the highly-regarded technology publishing company. Under the Maker Media umbrella, we produce the quarterly MAKE magazine, run two websites, ...

Steampunk segment on G4
MAKE Magazine — ... In Volume 17, MAKE goes really old school with the Lost Knowledge issue, featuring projects and articles covering the steampunk scene -- makers creating their own alternative Victorian world through modified computers, phones, cars, costumes, and other fantastic creations. Projects include an elegant Wimshurst Influence Machine (an electrostatic generator built entirely from Home Depot parts), a Florence Siphon coffee brewer, and a teacup-powered Stirling engine. This special section also covers watchmaking, letterpress printing, the early multimedia art of William ...

Lost Knowledge: Homemade electronic components
MAKE Magazine — ... The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of the current issue of MAKE, Volume 17 (on newsstands now) ...

Make Vol. 18 -- building a sustainable future at home
Boing Boing — ... The theme for MAKE Vol. 18 (on newsstands and in bookstores on May 18) is about building a sustainable future at home. The articles include geeked-out gardening tips (like an Arduino-controlled automatic indoor garden called the ...

Lost Knowledge: Save Tesla's lab!
MAKE Magazine — ... The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of the current issue of MAKE, Volume 17 (on newsstands now) ...

In the Maker Shed: Welcome to MAKE bundle
MAKE Magazine — Announcing our new bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. This one is for any of our online readers that haven't subscribed to the print edition of MAKE. For a limited time we are offering a "Welcome to MAKE bundle" at an amazing discount. The Welcome to MAKE bundle includes: (1) Year subscription to MAKE Magazine $34.95 value (1) The Best of MAKE $34.99 value (1) Maker's Notebook $19.99 value All for the discounted price of $48. That's ...

Maker's Wimshurst build
MAKE Magazine — ... In Volume 17, MAKE goes really old school with the Lost Knowledge issue, featuring projects and articles covering the steampunk scene -- makers creating their own alternative Victorian world through modified computers, phones, cars, costumes, and other fantastic creations. Projects include an elegant Wimshurst Influence Machine (an electrostatic generator built entirely from Home Depot parts), a Florence Siphon coffee brewer, and a teacup-powered Stirling engine. This special section also covers watchmaking, letterpress printing, the early multimedia art of William ...

Welcome, Martha fans!
MAKE Magazine — ... , the highly regarded technology publisher. Under the Maker Media umbrella, we produce the quarterly MAKE magazine, run two busy websites, ...

Switch Lock — Episode 3: Is free good for you?
bookofjoe — ... entitled "Ten Practical Uses For Your Credit Cards," Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson included the one up top, "Light Switch Cover." Take it one step further and make the opening just large enough to fit over the business end of the switch, but tight enough so it can't move. Voila — instant switch guard. Free, the way we like it. In fact, if you stop using the card, it'll pay you. Note to file: Forward this post to Mark Frauenfelder over at Make. ...

Cool projects on Make: Online
Boing Boing — ... As a follow-up piece to Alden Hart's LED Light Brick project in MAKE, Volume 18, the atuhor shares more ideas for molding and casting the acrylic bricks to house your LED board, including using machinable wax to create a life-mask face to house your array. Disco face, baby! ...

In the Maker Shed: Welcome to MAKE bundle
MAKE Magazine — The Welcome to MAKE bundle from the Maker Shed is for any of our online readers that haven't subscribed to the print edition of MAKE. Already a subscriber? Don't worry, you can renew your subscription too! The Welcome to MAKE bundle includes: (1) Year subscription to MAKE Magazine $34.95 value (1) The Best of MAKE $34.99 value (1) Maker's Notebook $19.99 value All for the discounted price of $48. That's 46% off the price if you purchased these items ...

Critical Corset
bookofjoe — ... occupies the inside front cover of the latest issue (#19) of Make magazine, received here Saturday at bookofjoe World Headquarters™. ...

Easy Boombox — 'Put the ghetto back into the blaster!'
bookofjoe — ...   Matthew T. Miller's TechnoDolt™-friendly hack appears in the latest issue (#19) of Make magazine. ...

Cardboard Surfboard
bookofjoe — ... "A Sheldrake board is stunningly transparent. Its core is a matrix of ribs running three directions. There's no foam, just fiberglass skin over computer-cut cardboard," wrote Keith Hammond in an article in issue #19 of Make magazine. ...

In the Maker Shed: Welcome to MAKE bundle
MAKE Magazine — The Welcome to MAKE bundle is perfect for any of our online readers that haven't subscribed to the print edition of MAKE Magazine. For a limited time we are offering the Welcome to MAKE bundle at an amazing discount of $48. That's 46% off the price if you purchased these items individually. The Welcome to MAKE bundle includes: A Year subscription to MAKE Magazine $34.95 value The Best of MAKE $34.99 value A Maker's Notebook $19.99 value Read more | ...

In the Maker Shed: Welcome to MAKE bundle
MAKE Magazine — The Welcome to MAKE bundle is perfect for any of our online readers that haven't subscribed to the print edition of MAKE Magazine. For a limited time we are offering the Welcome to MAKE bundle at an amazing discount of $48. That's 46% off the price if you purchased these items individually. The Welcome to MAKE bundle includes: A Year subscription to MAKE Magazine $34.95 value The Best of MAKE $34.99 value A Maker's Notebook $19.99 value Read more | ...

Hacked Gadgets Happy Holidays 2009 Contest
Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog — ... 1 Year of Make Magazine (online digital version) “The first magazine devoted entirely to DIY technology projects, MAKE Magazine unites, inspires and informs a growing community of resourceful people who undertake amazing projects in their backyards, basements, and garages.” ...