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February 27, 2008
Make:SF - the Bay Makers March meeting
Details on the Make:SF - the Bay Makers March meeting!
WhenMake:SF - the Bay Makers March meeting - Link & more.
Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 2:00 PMWhere
TechShop
120 Independence Dr.
Menlo Park , CA 94025
8006401975Who should come
People who like to build, take apart, do-it-yourself, hack, create, make or otherwise control the world around them.
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Feb 27, 2008 09:00 AM
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February 26, 2008
MAKE @ Yahoo! Buzz
We're trying out the new Yahoo! Buzz service, if you like a story on MAKE "Buzz it up" and check the Sci/Tech stories to see what else is going on too - Link.
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Feb 26, 2008 10:15 AM
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February 23, 2008
Updates to the MAKE digital edition
With the wonders of the MAKE digital edition, the online DRM free version of MAKE print (complete, vivid recreation online) - we're able to figure out what the top articles are and we share that data each month or so.
After running our "What you're reading in MAKE 12" and "Top articles in MAKE 1-11" a subscriber made some suggestions and we've updated the digital edition - here's what's new: More IP addresses, you can now view the magazine from 20 IP addresses - before it was 5 but there were a couple people that used more than 5 computers in a day and wanted to read MAKE from all of them (awesome!). We've also adjusted printing - before you had to print 10 pages at a time, now you can "print all" - it's still a better idea to print sections and articles (the pages are big) but now you can print all of them. Thanks SuperJdynamite for the suggestions!
So, if you want to dive in to the digital edition you can start right away, subscribe to MAKE (use code CMAKE for $5 off USA) and get going - Link.
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Feb 23, 2008 12:00 PM
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February 22, 2008
Reminder - Last week to submit projects for the MAKE Flickr pool contest!
From the MAKE Flickr pool
If you plan to submit your work of maker pride to the MAKE Flickr photo pool contest, this weekend's a good time to do it! (submission deadline is Friday 2/29) So polish it off, dress it up and submit a pic to the pool. A lot of great stuff has been rolling in and we know there's even more out there - We want to see it!
P.S. - if anyone is unclear about how to submit (it's easy to overlook):
Sign in to Flickr, join the MAKE pool here, Open one of your own photos on Flickr, click 'send to group' at the top of the pic. Choose MAKE from the list that appears, hit OK and you're done.
Thanks again to everyone who already submitted!
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Feb 22, 2008 12:34 PM
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February 21, 2008
Mags, Websites, Fairs Tap Tech DIY Boom @ Washington Post
Great article in the Washington post about MAKE, MAKE NYC and more! -
What do you do when you've bolted a computer onto a remote-controlled car, hooked it up with Internet access, a wireless router and a camera but you don't have anyone to show it off to?Mags, Websites, Fairs Tap Tech DIY Boom Link.Just ask Mike Davis. He brought his mobile Internet access point to a meeting with other readers of Make magazine, a how-to publication for people who just love to tinker with stuff.
The 28-year-old systems engineer from Brooklyn found people who built homemade LCD displays, a clock that makes you solve a math problem before setting the alarm and a class in mastering pipe mechanics _ something with many uses beyond just making a potato cannon.
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Feb 21, 2008 10:00 AM
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MAKE @ Foyles on Charing Cross Road in London
Craig from the O'Reilly UK office tells us -
How's it going? I took some snaps of the various Make displays at Foyles on Charing Cross Road in London. Foyles have backed Make from Day One - they'd spotted it on the O'Reilly website and were ready with an order the first time I approached them about Volume One. Somehow this was communicated to their customers and they sold out within the week. Since then, they have been the biggest stockist of Make in the UK, and get very excited whenever a new volume comes in, and their customers have stuck by them even when they could order Make on subscription.At present they have three separate Make displays:
It's a veritable Make Fest! Each and every one of the displays is the result of a lot of hard work on behalf of Foyles computing department staff and is a joy to the eyes.
- a tall, two-sided stand with four volumes of Make per side. This display comes complete with four small homemade mirrorballs and is topped by a large homemade mirrorball with Make: written across it in red
- a gondola-topping display with all twelve volumes facing out
- three shelves of Make on the O'Reilly bays, including the Make-related books
One of the photos contains Foyles bookseller Stephen Forde standing before the O'Reilly bay with a copy of Making Things Talk in his hands.
Foyles have done a magnificent job selling Make and have backed us every step of the way, and it's great to see they have been rewarded with a loyal stream of customers picking up their copy of Make every quarter. If you choose to use these photos, please let me know, as it will mean a great deal to them.
Thanks Craig!
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Feb 21, 2008 06:00 AM
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February 20, 2008
NASA - Total lunar eclipse: February 20, 2008
There's a total lunar eclipse tonight, details @ NASA -
total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia (on Feb. 21). During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray.NASA - Total lunar eclipse: February 20, 2008 - Link.An eclipse of the Moon can only take place at Full Moon, and only if the Moon passes through some portion of Earth's shadow. The shadow is actually composed of two cone-shaped parts, one nested inside the other. The outer shadow or penumbra is a zone where Earth blocks some (but not all) of the Sun's rays. In contrast, the inner shadow or umbra is a region where Earth blocks all direct sunlight from reaching the Moon.
If only part of the Moon passes through the umbra, a partial eclipse is seen. However, if the entire Moon passes through the umbral shadow, then a total eclipse of the Moon occurs. For more information on how, what, why, where and when of lunar eclipses, see the special web page lunar eclipses for beginners.
Makers - take photos and put them in the MAKE Flickr photo pool!! (these will count for the contest too!)
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Feb 20, 2008 10:30 AM
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February 18, 2008
MAKE @ The NYC Toy Fair 2008
MAKE is @ The NYC Toy Fair 2008 - thousands of toy makers come here each year to show off their latest - our lens on this show is a lot different than any coverage you'll see anywhere else - stay tuned for posts, images and videos of unique MAKE-style products. DIY kits, science kits, engineering, weird and bizarre -- things you'll see no where else! We'll be reporting live over the next few days, come back early and come back often!
I made a special section if you want to see all the posts from the Toy Fair too... Link.
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Feb 18, 2008 07:00 PM
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Happy President's day from MAKE - a look at a President who made things - Thomas Jefferson
President's day was once associated with just Washington (and later Lincoln) but now all Presidents are celebrated today, and by that I mean you might have the day off. Here's @ MAKE we're going to take a look at Thomas Jefferson.
Not only was Jefferson the author of the Declaration of Independence, the third president of the United States but an inventor. Here's a look at some of the things he made (or remade).
Wheel cipher - In 1792 while Jefferson was US Secretary of State he developed a wheel cipher to encode and decode secret messages (here's how it works).
Portable copying press - called the polygraph, Jefferson helped perfect this two-pen writing device used to copy letters and used it for all his correspondance. It's like a manual BCC'ing! Here's a Quicktime VR of the device.
Plow "Moldboard of least resistance" - using math, Jefferson designed a better plow to lift and turn over sod more effectively - this new plow had a huge impact and instead of patenting the invention, Jefferson gave it away it - to be "solely used for the good of the people and not for the advancement of the inventor, Jefferson encouraged public use of this easily duplicated invention".
The Great Clock - Jefferson created a cool clock - made from hanging cannonballs, this gravity power clock was connected to a giant gong on the roof of the entrance hall at Monticello. He also needed to invent a folding ladder to repair it (which was later used for other things like getting books and trimming trees).
Others:
- Macaroni machine
- Sundial
- Dumb waiters
- Automatic double doors
- Revolving bookstand
- Beds that lift
- Revolving chairs
All these and more can be found at the Jefferson's inventions page - Link.
Further reading:
- Thomas Jefferson - His Life as an Inventor - Link.
- Jefferson @ Monticello - Link.
- Jefferson @ Wikipedia - Link.
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Feb 18, 2008 09:00 AM
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February 16, 2008
Call for Makers: Maker Faire Bay Area 2008 - Febrary 17, 2008
Build, CRAFT, hack, play, MAKE.
Arts • Crafts • Engineering • Green • Music • Science
We are thrilled to announce that the Call for Makers is now open for Maker Faire Bay Area 2008!
On Febrary 17, 2008 we have Maker Faire Tryouts (designed for new Makers and Makers that have projects that they would like to show us before the event)
Where and when:
Exploratorium - noon - 4:00pm
San Francisco
Please email sherry@oreilly.com to reserve a space
More information about the Faire and the application process can be found on the Maker Faire site here & more important dates to remember for Maker Faire here - Link.
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Feb 16, 2008 02:00 AM
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Name the MAKE race team - WINNER
We're pleased to announce a winner for the "Name the MAKE race team" contest. With over 137 commenters and 200+ entries it was a hard choice! But there can be only one - SilverPill drop me an email to get your prize! - Link.
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Feb 16, 2008 01:00 AM
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February 15, 2008
Add your projects to the MAKE Flickr pool!
The MAKE Flickr photo pool contest is in full swing and the deadline for entries is 2/29/08! We've seen some great stuff so far, but have you submitted your project? Not yet?!? Well then, you'd best get crackin' - head on over to the pool and join a community of over 20,000 other makers! If you don't, we'll be forced to use even more exclamation points!! -Link
- and let us not forget the prizes:
- 10 (6 month) pro accounts from Flickr. What's a pro account? Unlimited storage, uploads, bandwidth, sets, archiving, ad-free and stats.
- 10 MAKE Pocket refs. All the reference information anyone needs on virtually any subject is right at the fingertips in this handy pocket-sized guide. Its tables, charts, drawings, lists, and formulas will be especially useful for contractors, students, travelers, electronics hobbyists, craftspeople, and engineers and technicians in virtually every field - Link.
- 2 Eye-Fi wireless SD cards - the fastest and easiest way to get photos to Flickr (or other photo services and to your own computer) - Link.
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Feb 15, 2008 09:00 AM
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Top articles in MAKE volumes 1 through 11
Here are the most read articles in MAKE volumes 1-11!
If you're a MAKE subscriber, you get the digital edition for free - MAKE Digital Edition is a vivid replica of the print edition of MAKE, it offers an experience very much like the print magazine plus many additional benefits, such as online searching, embedded multimedia and printing. Please note that MAKE Digital Edition can be viewed from any web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc.) and requires NO DOWNLOADING of software NO weird DRM'ed PDFs - you get instant access to your entire MAKE collection!
Because MAKE has a digital edition, we can actually see what people like and are reading the most -- I'm pretty sure we're the only, if not one of the few magazines that actually do this - so we're sharing the results with you!
Click any of the links after the jump and start reading MAKE now. Or subscribe and get started a little later! Use the code CMAKE to get $5 off (USA only).
MAKE 11 - U-G-L-Y Your Bike. To deter thieves, camouflage your bicycle as a piece of crap while keeping it a first-class ride. Page 74 - Link.
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Feb 15, 2008 12:00 AM
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February 14, 2008
Valentine's day gift subscription
Ok gang, here's the last chance to do something for Valentine's day - spread the DIY love with a gift subscription to MAKE or CRAFT Magazines! We've made it easy with a PDF Valentine gift card you can print out and send to your special one, your best friend, sister, brother, mom, dad or anyone else who would love a little DIY action.
MAKE Magazine:
CRAFT Magazine:
Order a Gift Subscription to MAKE Magazine
Order a Gift Subscription to CRAFT Magazine
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Feb 14, 2008 09:30 AM
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February 13, 2008
Name the MAKE race team!
Ok Makers here's a fun one - we have a race team. We'll have a LeMons car (the car is an Escort, but not the one pictured above) - but what we don't have is a team name. This is where you come in, name our racing team! If we pick yours I'll send you out some cool stuff for the Maker store and you'll be part of history! Here are some names that were tossed around to get you started! These are examples only, don't use these.
- Driving Insane
- Make: Dorks in Motion
- Make: DIY Hard
- The 88 Horses of Make (the car has a factory rating of 88hp)
- The Crazy 88
- Make's e Do-it-Your-Own-Damn-Selfers
- The Makequake
- Make:Believe!
- Make:Like a racecar
- Sleek Geeks
- Make:Drive:Repeat
- KONDUKTOR!
- Power Conductor
- Make's The Soldering Iron in the Eye Fighting Dorks Superfast Racing Team
- Ford Almighty
- The Spirit of Silverlake
- The Full-Bladder Sprinters
- The Fleet Ford Freaks of Fast
- The Speedbot Wranglers
These won't do, we need your help. START YOUR ENGINES - post up in the comments!
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Feb 13, 2008 12:00 AM
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February 12, 2008
Next Dorbot DC (Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008)
Next Meeting:
Tuesday 26 February 2008
7 PM - 9 PM (ET)
ALWAYS FREE!
Location:
Smith Hall of Art, Room 114
George Washington University
801 22nd St NW
Washington, DC 20037
Katie Bechtold : The MESSENGER Project
Katie, a spacecraft flight software developer and controller, will discuss MESSENGER, the first mission to visit Mercury in over 30 years. Now on its way to orbit Mercury starting in 2011, it flew close by the planet last month, offering some tantalizing images. Along with the scientific goals of the mission and an overview of the probe's onboard sensors, Katie will present a few of the engineering challenges in exploring the innermost planet of our solar system.
Justin Sabe : MIDI Control -- How to make expressive digital instruments
Justin broke all his toys as a kid and has spent the rest of his life putting them back together in new and interesting ways. He has toured playing keytar with the goth industrial rock band Ego Likeness taking him around the United States, Germany and to Shiney Z's, the finest fetish club in Luxembourg. He also plays accordion and has performed at the Kennedy Center in an all tuba christmas concert. Last year he got a Technician class amateur radio license but has yet to key up because he can just call his ham friends on a cell phone any time he wants. He produces a podcast of cats purring.
Justin uses low-cost components to create fun MIDI controllers. He'll have a show and tell and expand a bit about how to use MIDI for control and how to make expressive digital instruments.
Alberto Gaitán : Remembrancer -- (Part 2 of 2: The Software)
Alberto is a composer/programmer/artist who creates a wide range of new media work. His net-aware piece, Remembrancer, deals with transformation, memory, and the spacial, temporal and cultural resonance of events through automated robotic painters responding in real-time to RSS data flowing in over the Internet.
Alberto will be talking a bit about the applications he integrated to create Remembrancer including Max/MSP, Yahoo! Pipes, and RS485 commands.
Welcome to Dorkbot DC! - Link
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Feb 12, 2008 08:00 PM
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MAKE Flickr pool hits 20,000 photos!
At the time of this writing, the MAKE photo pool boasts 20,112 photos and 3,502 members! All of your excellent contributions have made the pool a strong resource for project documentation. Thanks for making it so great!
It gets even better with our Flickr contest!
Submit a photo of your project to the MAKE Flickr pool between now and 2/29/08 to be eligible. Post something awesome and preferably from the pages of MAKE. That's about the only guideline, be creative! Avoid posting many photos of the same project. Winners will be announced around March 3rd.
The prizes:
- 10 (6 month) pro accounts from Flickr. What's a pro account? Unlimited storage, uploads, bandwidth, sets, archiving, ad-free and stats.
- 10 MAKE Pocket refs. All the reference information anyone needs on virtually any subject is right at the fingertips in this handy pocket-sized guide. Its tables, charts, drawings, lists, and formulas will be especially useful for contractors, students, travelers, electronics hobbyists, craftspeople, and engineers and technicians in virtually every field - Link.
- 2 Eye-Fi wireless SD cards - the fastest and easiest way to get photos to Flickr (or other photo services and to your own computer) - Link.
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Feb 12, 2008 05:15 AM
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February 11, 2008
Say hello to Mike, our "Made in Japan" columnist
Mike divides his time between trying to finish his doctorate in Japanese pedagogy at Indiana University, occasionally working as a recording engineer, playing guitar and touring with a few bands, tweaking patches in Max/MSP while wearing a WiiMote strapped to the top of his head, and making and breaking his own musical instruments and audio recording gear. He enjoys travel, and goes back to Japan whenever he can find a way for someone else to pay for his plane ticket.
Mike is doing a weekly column for us called "Made in Japan" - so give Mike a warm welcome!!
On a related note we now have 3 volumes of MAKE just for Japan and fully translated (along with updates for Japan)... After the jump I put together all our MAKE Japanese offerings (Volumes 1-3 and also a poster of Volume 1 - I also included PDF samples of each one).
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Feb 11, 2008 09:59 AM
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February 9, 2008
What you're reading in MAKE 12!
Here are the most read articles in MAKE volume 12! Click any of the links after the jump to get a preview and start reading MAKE 12 now. Or subscribe and get started a little later! Use the code CMAKE to get $5 off (USA only).
Real-Life Concept Cars. Like many people of his generation, Baron Margo was dazzled by futuristic concept cars Detroit trotted out year after year. And he was disappointed that those streamlined vehicles remained unobtainable concepts... Page 18 - Link.
If you're a MAKE subscriber, you get the digital edition for free - The MAKE Digital Edition is a vivid replica of the print edition of MAKE, it offers an experience very much like the print magazine plus many additional benefits, such as online searching, embedded multimedia and printing. Please note that MAKE Digital Edition can be viewed from any web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc.) and requires NO DOWNLOADING of software NO weird DRM'ed PDFs - you get instant access to your MAKE collection!
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Feb 9, 2008 12:00 AM
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February 8, 2008
MAKE and/or CRAFT for V-Day
"Love is a grave mental disease" - Plato. It's almost Valentine's day - instead of chocolate, flowers or a crowded restaurant night out consider a gift subscription to MAKE and CRAFT, the giftee will end up making you something, so it's the gift that gives back. I drew a heart, feel free to use that for a gift card... but a something better might be the printable MAKE & CRAFT gift cards we have here, up to you.
More:
Subscribe to MAKE/CRAFT - Link.
Gift cards - MAKE (PDF) & CRAFT (PDF).
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Feb 8, 2008 01:15 AM
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