I will be doing a call/chat live from Adafruit Industries “FutureCast: open-source hardware and MAKE-ing the future” Weds 2/11/2010 – Join Jerry Mchalski and me in a one hour conversation as we discuss topics such as open-source hardware, new hacker-spaces opening up, and the Fabber and Maker movements as they continue to develop in the […]
French author Jules Verne was born on this day in 1828. His father wanted him to be a lawyer and circumstances forced him to work as a stock broker, but eventually he shook off these humdrum vocations and became the world’s first professional science fiction author. Verne quickly gained a reputation for combining ultramodern technology […]
Brooklyn-based hacker collective NYC Resistor is holding its first 48-hour hackathon this Friday starting at 6pm and ending Sunday, February 14th at the same time. You can work by yourself or with a team, and if you don’t have a team/project we’ll assign you to one. The format is open, you’re welcome to come and […]
The Luggage Store (which incidentally doesn’t sell luggage) in San Francisco is hosting an exhibit called the Jumbo Prawns Art Club, featuring the work of three Bay Area artists: Scatha Allison (Miss Velvet Cream), Jason Dunman, and Julian Prince Dash, from now until February 27th. From these set-up shots, I can tell the show will […]
Here are this weekend’s upcoming craft fairs. If you know of an upcoming crafty event, please add it to our online calendar. If you have a call for entries you would like listed here, please . Coming Up This Weekend: Fab February Craft Sale Berkeley, CA Saturday, Feb. 6, 10am – 4pm Handmade Revolution Valentine […]
Looking to take a break from tinkering on your latest project this weekend? Here are some fine maker events to check out, from The Maker Events Calendar.
In the early 90s, I ran an art/science/tech “salon” here in DC, called Cafe Gaga. One of the more fun things we did was dérive, or the act of purposeful drifting through a city to discover forgotten, interesting, strange places. There as so many weird, wonderful, unique locales in every city that we overlook in […]
