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January 30th 2011

Sound Like a Pro: Learn Proper Screw Names at a Glance

Amateur homebuilders take note! This handy chart will have you asking for bolts, bits and screws with confidence. Of course, what you do with them after that is where things might get a bit hairy. [Bolt Depot via Boing Boing]

Tech News Jack Loftus Jan 30

November 23rd 2009

As Silicon Valley Crumbles, the Makers Will Inherit the Earth

In Little Brother, Cory Doctorow showed how a grassroots, technology based movement could ensure our civil liberties. With his latest novel, Makers, he asks whether a similar movement could save American capitalism from itself. Makers is written by Cory Doctorow, that cape and goggles-wearing editor of Boing Boing, and author of such novels as Down…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 23

September 30th 2009

Cory Doctorow Talks About the Future of the Novel, Including His Own

Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother, releases his new novel Makers in a few weeks. It’s about amusement park ride hackers, and most of it is already online. We talked to Doctorow about Makers and the future of novel-writing. io9: How did you do research for Makers? CD: Most of the stuff I write I…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Sep 30

July 10th 2009

How To Survive The Next Depression, With Cory Doctorow

If you’re jonesing for some whimsical outlaw techie culture in your life – and who isn’t? – then you need to start reading Cory Doctorow‘s new novel Makers, which is being serialized pre-publication on Tor.com. I was lucky enough to score an early copy of Makers from Cory a few months ago, and it’s a…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 10

November 18th 2008

Under $20 MAKE Electronics Gift Guide Good For Frugal Holiday Season

Times may be hard economically, but you don’t need to give your electronics-DIY enthusiast friend a naff present, thanks to MAKE’s sub-$20 Electronics Gift Guide. In fact, some of the items listed are so neat I’m tempted to gift a couple to myself right now… There’s a DIY battery-powered USB charger kit good for iPhones,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Nov 18

September 25th 2008

Drowned iPhone 3G Reincarnated as Beautiful Fishing Lure

It’s the circle of life, really: man drops iPhone in river while fishing, iPhone dies, iPhone is torn apart, iPhone becomes fishing lure, iPhone catches dinner. Life goes on. “Seeing it was the river that took it from me, it’s gonna at least catch me some fish,” says Maker Captain Ahab (perfection in a handle).…

Tech News John Mahoney Sep 25

August 15th 2008

Upcoming Prototype This! TV Show Sounds Like Modders, Maker’s Geekfest

Hackaday has a piece about an upcoming Discovery Channel show called “Prototype this!” It’s due in October, and since it’s about making and modding robots and other gizmos, it sounds like a Mythbusters-meets-Makerfaire geeky heaven. [Hackaday]

Gadgets Kit Eaton Aug 15

May 19th 2008

New Arduino Nano: DIY Electronics in Gum-Sized Board

We’ve shown you lots of weird and wonderful gizmos that DIY electronics fans have made using the powerful Arduino board, and now there’s a new option: the Nano. It’s not very much bigger than a stick of gum, and comes with full USB support and almost the same functionality as the bigger Diecimila board: immediately…

Gadgets Kit Eaton May 19

May 2nd 2008

Maker Faire Bay Area – This Saturday and Sunday

Maker Faire and its ridiculously dangerous projects are going to be in San Mateo this weekend. If you’re in town, drop by and say hello, since Brian’s going to be there covering the crazy robots and trying to keep his eyebrows from burning off. If you’re going to be running an awesome booth at Maker,…

Tech News Jason Chen May 2

Sound Like a Pro: Learn Proper Screw Names at a Glance

As Silicon Valley Crumbles, the Makers Will Inherit the Earth

Cory Doctorow Talks About the Future of the Novel, Including His Own

How To Survive The Next Depression, With Cory Doctorow

Under $20 MAKE Electronics Gift Guide Good For Frugal Holiday Season

Drowned iPhone 3G Reincarnated as Beautiful Fishing Lure

Upcoming Prototype This! TV Show Sounds Like Modders, Maker’s Geekfest

New Arduino Nano: DIY Electronics in Gum-Sized Board

Maker Faire Bay Area – This Saturday and Sunday

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