Tim Lillis is the artist who does the “Tricks of the Trade” comic in each issue of MAKE. He’s put a number of the comics up on his Flickr pages. He’s also looking for new tips and tricks to comic-ize for 2010.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday December 31st, 2009 5:38 PM
Happy New Year – From all of us at the Maker Shed. We wanted to say thank you to all of our customers, makers, friends, and family. 2009 was an amazing year in the Maker Shed and we are really looking forward to all the new projects and products for 2010. Speaking of 2010, let’s start the new year off right! How about 10% off everything in the Maker Shed until Sunday, January 3rd. (Midnight PST) Use coupon code “HAPPYNEWYEAR” at checkout to receive 10% OFF your entire order.
Posted by Maker Shed | Thursday December 31st, 2009 2:23 PM
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We started doing weekly Make: Projects this year, full-blown how-tos, a la the feature projects in every issue of MAKE magazine. Most of these online projects were done by Sean Ragan and we think he did an amazing job. It’s cool to look over the list and see all the ground we covered.
Please vote for your faves, and tell us in comments if you did any of the projects and how that worked out. And feel free to suggest ideas for next year.
You can always see all of the projects under the Projects tab above, or by clicking here.
More:
Favorite MAKE video series for 2009
Best projects of 2009, MAKE magazine
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday December 31st, 2009 2:01 PM
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From the MAKE Flickr pool
Flickr member Giant Eye shares this convenient method for taking life a little less seriously -
All the world is a theater and you, with shades, will riff upon it. Seeing the humor in things is sometimes a matter of the company you keep. Laughing at all the world’s ills becomes so much easier with Mike/Joel and the bots along for the ride.
Grab the source design over at Thingiverse.
Posted by Collin Cunningham | Thursday December 31st, 2009 1:58 PM
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Happy new year, everybody! We sure had a great 2009 and are so happy to keep going strong in 2010. To that end, please help us out by completing our survey and let us know how we’re doing. Complete the survey and you’ll be eligible to win one of five $50 gift certificates to the Maker Shed.
More:
Help us brainstorm Make: Online, 2010
Posted by Becky Stern | Thursday December 31st, 2009 1:09 PM
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For old style FPS gaming, a cellphone vibrator gives a kick to your clicks.
Thanks go to Greg Lipscomb for the original article in MAKE, Volume 06.
To download The Rumble Mouse video click here and subscribe in iTunes.
Check out the complete Rumble Mouse article in MAKE, Volume 06 and you
can see that in our Digital Edition.
Posted by kipkayvideos | Thursday December 31st, 2009 12:02 PM
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For old style FPS gaming, a cellphone vibrator gives a kick to your clicks.
Thanks go to Greg Lipscomb for the original article in MAKE, Volume 06.
View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects
you can do over the weekend.
Posted by kipkayvideos | Thursday December 31st, 2009 11:56 AM
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New Year’s Eve ‘blue moon’ to ring in 2010!
Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year’s Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don’t expect it to be blue — the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial neighbor. A full moon occurred on Dec. 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year’s countdown. “If you’re in Times Square, you’ll see the full moon right above you. It’s going to be that brilliant,” said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Thursday December 31st, 2009 11:54 AM
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The video shows a fanciful idea of what New York City might look like in 2259, using a tool called City Engine to simulate a lower water level and added skyscrapers. You can do some fun stuff with the tool. For instance, it lays out the buildings based on the terrain you establish, no matter how crazy — to illustrate this they provide an example of a improbably convoluted city in space. A more down-to-earth example recreates Venice using only a satellite map for reference.
At $3,450 for the “SE” version and almost $5,000 for the Pro version, City Engine isn’t cheap, though they’ll knock the price down by $500 if you buy by January 23rd. They also have 30-day free trials (you can’t export your work) as well as $700 student licenses. Win/OSX/Linux compatible. [Via tinker.it]
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday December 31st, 2009 11:50 AM
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Cathal Garvey in Cork, Ireland, developed this 3D printable centrifuge attachment for a rotary tool, dubbing it the “Dremelfuge.” What an awesome alternative to an expensive piece of lab equipment, congrats on paving the way for DIY science! If you don’t have access to a 3D printer to print your own, he’s made it available for purchase on Shapeways, where it’s still cheaper than a traditional centrifuge. [via @bre]
More:
Lab-on-a-Chip with Shrinky Dink and toaster oven
Posted by Becky Stern | Thursday December 31st, 2009 10:11 AM
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Inspired by Claude Shannon’s Ultimate Machine, Instructables user SaskView designed this excellent most useless machine.
I can sympathize with the poor box not wanting to be disturbed. I know I do the same thing with my alarm clock every morning. Maybe if someone gave it some coffee, it won’t be so grumpy? [via neatorama]
UPDATE: Learn how to make your own Useless Box in MAKE, Volume 23, on newsstands July 27.
Subscribe today if you haven’t already…
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday December 31st, 2009 9:51 AM
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For the third straight year, Minneapolis makers’ collective Studio Bricolage will hold a Rube Goldberg building event. (The video above shows last year’s machine.) But there’s a twist — the machine’s transitions will involve wireless, rather than mechanical technology!
The Studio Bricolage 3rd Annual causation machine build will focus upon wireless connections and mechanical devices. Start planning your piece of the machine today and bring it to the event.
Wireless, in our minds, means a remote controlling a VCR which pulls the tape which… or a cell phone which is called and vibrates down a slide which… or a motion detector which detects the bowling ball that rolled by which turns on a … or a Clapper (R) which hears a clap and turns on a … or a garage door clicker that makes the garage door opener start turning which …You get it. Use of sound and light get bonus points!
We will have some of these devices on hand but please scrounge some and make them run before hand. Honestly we don’t think there will be enough time to to put together a somewhat complicated machine like that.
The event will be held at Leonardo’s Basement on February 5th from 7-10pm. The fee is $10 per participant.
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday December 31st, 2009 9:01 AM
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