Gizmodo kicked off their “Summermodo” event yesterday with a post asking if you’re a “nerd that can tan“, and they chose to use this hilarious photo of me and Bre showing off the fangs we made for a Halloween episode…
So, here’s some big news you’ve probably already heard about. Rhode Island, our friendly and gun loving neighbor to the north will be hosting a New England Maker Faire. Currently they are accepting calls for submissions. Obviously we’re not the…
Download the album free! After instigating Awesome August and challenging myself to finish 4 projects this month, my first order of business was to start putting the finishing touches on my 8-bit album, “Resistor Anthems”. The overarching theme for all…
Awesome August is already spreading! Twitter user Eric Weinhoffer tagged a post #awesomeaugust and linked to his amazing 3D printable 3D puzzle which you can make on printers like Makerbot and Reprap. Outstanding work, and great use of the #awesomeaugust…
Here at NYCR, this is no ordinary August we’ve just started… This, my friends, is Awesome August. What’s Awesome August you ask? Well, in order to make this hot summer month live up to its new name, we’ve challenged each…
Nathan King, Jared Klett and Brian O’Clair helped me get started on the eight foot lite brite project this weekend. This will be just one of the fun things to play with at The Interactive Party on August 22nd! Check…
Light bulb + coat hangers + canvas scrap + percolator + 2 hours = table lamp win.
UPDATE: Eric had his laser etch painted and tossed some pics up! Eric came by last weekend and threw caution to the wind as he placed his macbook pro under the photon beam. The results ( with many hours of…
This weekend there are four nifty classes in which to swell your brain full of fabulous information! Whee! Back by popular demand, Arduino Web Server. An amazing trick that you ought to know: And for beginners with the desire…
So I was cutting something yesterday for an as yet to be released project, and I noticed one of the other resistors had been playing with graffiti fonts in Corel. So I quickly whipped up a name plate for my…