Wednesday, August 16, 2006
MAKE NEWS No. 43 -- Renegade Crafters, MAKE Japan, Make a Pinhole Camera!
MAKE NEWS No. 43 -- Renegade Crafters, MAKE Japan, Make a Pinhole Camera!
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August 16, 2006
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=Renegade Crafters! MAKEs Sister Zine, CRAFT, on Newsstands October 17=
From the team who brought you MAKE, CRAFT is a quarterly, project-based magazine
dedicated to the renaissance occurring within the world of crafts. Our vision with
CRAFT is to unite, inspire, inform, and entertain a growing community of highly
imaginative and resourceful people who are transforming traditional art and crafts
with unconventional, unexpected, and sometimes renegade techniques, materials, and
tools.
CRAFT is written for and by creative, free-spirited DIY enthusiasts, tech-savvy
makers and crafters, students of all ages, teachers, the intellectually curious,
artistically inclined, and environmentally aware. People who derive an innate sense
of pleasure in finding unexpected ways to repurpose, remake, and reuse materials,
art, technology, and devices in their daily lives.
Learn how to:
* Embroider a skateboard
* Make and program a light-up tank top
* Convert an old pair of shoes into chic knitted boots
* Weave with pixels
* Create an iPod cozy through the ancient art of felt-making
CRAFT goes on sale October 17, 2006 and we anticipate a very quick sellout (as was the
case with the inaugural issue of MAKE). Avoid the crushing disappointment of an empty
newsstand, and reserve a copy today by subscribing.
As a special offer to MAKE readers, visit craftzine.com and claim an inaugural subscription
for yourself or as a gift for the crafter in your life. Before October 17th, enter promotion
code MAKE4CRAFT and receive the cool new CRAFT T-shirt.
Just visit <http://craftzine.com/subscribe>.
And be sure to check out our new blog:
<http://craftzine.com/blog>
=MAKE Japan=
MAKE is coming to Japan! It will have a lot of our content from the pages of MAKE,
but will be specifically for Japan. We'll be shipping at the end of August.
<http://www.oreilly.co.jp/books/4873112982/>
You can also download a sample MAKE 01 (Japanese PDF) here:
<ftp://ftp.oreilly.co.jp/download/make01_sample.pdf>
We've started a MAKE Japan photo pool, and we plan to add fun and interesting gadgets
and projects from our makers in Japan!
<http://www.flickr.com/groups/makejapan/pool/>
MAKE: Video!
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=MAKE Video Podcast: Weekend Projects - Make a Pinhole Camera and Darkroom=
In this week's MAKE Video Podcast Weekend Project, Bre Pettis teaches how to make
a pinhole camera, turn your bathroom into a darkroom, and make contact prints. Make
sure to read the instructions for this post if you're interested in shooting some
DIY photographs!
<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/make_podcast/>
MAKE: Blog
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Can't get enough MAKE? Visit the MAKE blog for a daily dose of all things you *should*
try at home. Each day we post dozens of stories, projects, hacks, and mods sent by you,
makers!
<http://www.makezine.com/blog/>
This Week on the MAKE: Blog
=Carl & Jerry - Adventure in Electronics=
In the 50s and 60s, John T. Frye, W9EGV/Popular Electronics published a series of
fiction stories called "The Carl and Jerry Stories." In each story the pair acquired
new skills, got their ham radio licenses, and used their knowledge of electronics to
get out of a jam or solve a mystery. There isn't a complete collection of all the stories
that I know of, but there are some scans/text online. The stories are entertaining, fun,
and I can imagine how many engineers, scientists, and makers got their start from reading
these wonderful tales.
<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/08/carl_jerry_adventure_in_electr.html>
=Balloons on a plane, word-counting pen, and a phone that turns off music=
Each week we like to read Modern Mechanix to see what makers were up to in the 30s,
40s, and 50s--clever solutions for problems, using the modern technology of the
time--always inspiring and usually entertaining.
<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/08/balloons_on_a_plane_word_count.html>
=The Two-Can Stirling Engine (preview)=
Here's a excerpt from MAKE 07: The Two-Can Stirling Engine by William Gurstelle.
The Stirling engine has long captivated inventors and dreamers. Here are plans for
building and operating a two-cylinder model that runs on almost any high-temperature
heat source.
<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/08/the_twocan_stirling_engine_pre.html>
MAKE: Flickr Photo pool
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There are over 4,740 photos with 1,531 makers from around the world posting projects,
hacks, mods, and more in the MAKE photo pool.
Plasma & High Voltage Sparks - shocking photos of high voltage + everyday objects!
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmcybernetics/sets/72157594182019271/>
Open source MP3 player in a sewing box - right here:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmtorrone/tags/opensourcemp3player/>
Houston Art Car Parade 2006:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/24224037@N00/sets/72157594233947606/>
MAKE Volume 07!
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Volume 07: Backyard Biology
Hack your plants, extract your DNA, 70's soapbox saga, build a videocam rocket, and
head-mounted water cannon.
<http://www.makezine.com/07/>
If you're not subscribed to Make magazine, don't wait another minute!
Subcribe today and join your tribe:
<http://www.makezine.com/subscribe>
Last up, if you're a MAKE subscriber, don't forget that you can log in right now and
see all of MAKE 07 with MAKE's digital edition.
<http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol07/>
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Don't buy what you can make, and don't make what you can find!
*The MAKE Team*
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Sponsored by YarisWorks
YarisWorks celebrates the D.I.Y. spirit by curating, along with Venus
Zine and local partners in 12 cities, art and music events like screen
printing, multi-camera music video shoots, and punk rock embroidery.
There are also D.I.Y. (Drive it Yourself) events where you can test
drive the new 2007 Toyota Yaris. Check out www.YarisWorks.com where
you can upload photos for a chance to be featured in a local gallery
night exhibition, find out about events in your area, and sign up for
YarisWorks Perks -- discounts and special offers for creative people
just like you!
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