October 31, 2010
47′ Halloween spider
Excellent. Readers, how have you decorated your houses this Halloween
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Happy Halloween from your pals at MAKE!
Images from the Masked Marvelous event in Queen, NY. Halloween… aka “the maker’s holiday.” We hope you’ve had another fun time planning costumes, props, food and party favors this year, and that you’re having a fun weekend unleashing your creations on family, friends, and hapless neighborhood children
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Happy Halloween from your pals at MAKE!
Six Largest Mistakes Made when Hiring a Cabling Contractor
Cabling of figures and turn systems is ordinarily ignored close myriad companies until the last in rightful first relocation or further structure takes place. Sundry gen systems professionals aim it as a low urgency or something that upright takes away from their budget conducive to official network components such as servers or software
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Play Zork on an Arduino-controlled typewriter
Jonathan Guberman of Toronto’s Site 3 coLaboratory hackerspace wrote in to share his Automatypewriter project: Introducing the Automatypewriter, a new way to experience interactive fiction! It’s still a little rough around the edges (in particular, you can see that the spacebar sticks a little, and the whole thing needs to be tidied up), but you get the idea: the Automatypewriter is a typewriter that can type on its own, as well as detect what you type on it. By reading what it types to you and responding, it can be used interactively to play a game or participate in a story (in this case, Zork). See the project page for technical details.
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Play Zork on an Arduino-controlled typewriter
October 30, 2010
Scariest Pumpkin Ever!
I know, I know, my ” Scariest Pumpkin Ever ” build is from a few years ago, but I thought I would post it up again for those of you that might have missed it the first time around. If you have an Arduino , and a few other inexpensive parts, there is still plenty of time to make your own version this year. Read all about how I made mine in the original post
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Scariest Pumpkin Ever!
Run Your Own Printshop Using PrintCountry Game on iPhone!
Nowadays, people do not necessarily play for the sake of playing, mainly because there is a lot to be learned from some of the games that are available for consumers to enjoy. In a previous post , we even wrote about how an honors course in the University of Florida revolves around skills used in the game Starcraft.
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Run Your Own Printshop Using PrintCountry Game on iPhone!
Epson Stylus NX625 Color Printer Reviewed
The Epson Stylus NX625 is basically the same printer as the Epson Stylus NX515 , with built-in duplexing and updated WiFi. That’s not an insult; the NX515 was an excellent printer and a best bet, though the 625′s advanced features will help it steal that slot.
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Epson Stylus NX625 Color Printer Reviewed
Dead Drops preview
Aram Bartholl writes: I am pleased to preview ‘ Dead Drops ‘ a new project which I started off as part of my ongoing EYEBEAM residency in NYC the last couple weeks. ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am ‘injecting’ USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space.
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Halloween is a time to MAKE
This is what Halloween is about… the creator of this video writes “My daughter jaws costume made by my mom Oooootiinniiii” On Monday, we’ll all return to our jobs and likely pass around dozens of links to amazing costumes, they’ll all be different and unique but they will have one thing in common, they were homemade
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Reflow soldering in a kitchen stove?
Over in the MAKE Forums , Chad Oliver has a question about the safety of using a kitchen oven for both reflow soldering and cooking. Anyone know what to do? Let him know over in the forums! I need to be able to do reflow soldering, but a toaster oven or skillet isn’t really suitable – I travel a lot, and space is tight
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Reflow soldering in a kitchen stove?
October 29, 2010
Adam Savage’s mold-making in MAKE Volume 24
You know Adam Savage as the co-host of the terrific MythBusters television show, but did you also know that Adam has a career as an effects designer and model maker for the movie industry? His sci-fi creations can be seen in movies such as movies Galaxy Quest , Bicentennial Man , Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones , The Matrix Reloaded and Space Cowboys , and others. In MAKE Volume 24 , Adam shares his model making skills in the form of an article titled ” Hard Shell Molds .” In the piece, he takes you step-by-step through the process of making a hard shell, or “mother mold,” that can be used to make resin casts of large props (such as a futuristic ray gun)
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Adam Savage’s mold-making in MAKE Volume 24
Way too personal Android Tweety costume
My high school classmate Jeff Wilson built this sweet tshirt and Andoid app that allows people standing in his personal space to tweet him. You can even tweet his tshirt from afar at @museumofmodjeff or use the hashtag #jeffswaytoopersonaltweetycostume Read all about it on his blog
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Programmable Halloween costume
Minneapolitan Michael Krumpus programmed his son’s halloween costume to flash LEDs in random patterns. Like many parents, we make hand-made costumes for our kids instead of buying cheaply-made (and expensive) costumes based on licensed characters. This year, my youngest son wanted to be a robot
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Ben Heck Halloween show, with Portal t-shirt build
Earlier in the week, Sean Ragan posted about Ben Heck’s see-through Portal Halloween costume . On this latest episode of The Ben Heck Show , on element14, Ben shows you how he accomplished the build. As usual, he also continues work on his Xbox 360 laptop
Reinventing Morse: Build your own telegraph kit
The Reinventing Morse: Build your own telegraph kit is designed to engage makers of all ages as they recreate the experiments that lead to the development of the first successful electrical telegraph. Build your own working telegraph with a device designed to work as a sounder, a buzzer, or a relay.
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How-To: Sock Zombies (video)
Learn to turn an old tube sock into a creepy-cute zombie doll in the latest CRAFT Video. Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes , download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube
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Cell Phone Calls Now Possible From Mount Everest!
Thinking of conquering the great unknown, and being away from it all for a change? No e-mails, laptops and no cell phones? If you are thinking of heading off and conquering the mighty Mount Everest to do that, think again; your cell phone can still very much hear your phone’s Telephone by Lady Gaga ring tone all the way up to the peak
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Cell Phone Calls Now Possible From Mount Everest!
Pre-Holiday Clearance Sale – Get Up to 95% OFF at Musician’s Friend
Pre-Holiday Clearance Sale – Get Up to 95% OFF at MusiciansFriend.com. At Musiciansfriend.com you can get Guitars, Bass, Amps & Effects, Drums & Percussion, Live Sound, Recording & Studio, DJ Gear & Lighting, Band & Orchestra, Folk Instruments, Accessories, Books & Videos and many more.
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Pre-Holiday Clearance Sale – Get Up to 95% OFF at Musician’s Friend
Get $36 OFF on Evenflo Aura Select Deluxe Baby Travel System at Walmart.com
This Evenflo – Aura Select Deluxe Baby Travel System, Greenville is on sale at Walmart.com for $149.00 (was $185.00). Parents can feel secure in the knowledge that baby is comfy and safe while riding in this reliable and durable Evenflo deluxe baby travel system.
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Acer Timeline X versus Apple MacBook Air
In today’s fast-paced world, where the mobile professional can be found practically everywhere, there is a mad scramble to provide these high-powered people with the best mobile gadgets. In mobile technology, size certainly does matter – and bigger is not always better. The challenge is to provide the busy executive on the go with the best of features, encased in the smallest and sleekest of packages.
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Acer Timeline X versus Apple MacBook Air