(image courtesy Austin Bike Zoo) Apologies for the late notice, but there’s a Frankenbike Saturday: FrankenBike # 37 9am-7pm @ the Austin Bike Zoo @ 1706 E. 17th St 78702 Frankenbike is basically a big, cool bike part swap meet; good article about it here. Austin Bike Zoo does some amazing stuff,so swing by and […]
Rainwater harvesting’s kind of a no-brainer: when you start looking into it, capturing free water from the sky tends to creep onto your project list. (Image from Austin Water) Here are some Instructables to help you get started on basic systems: Starting with one 55-gallon barrel, and tying in another Getting fancier by going multi-tiered […]
The picture pretty much says it all about this sew-riffic event tomorrow night: Here are a few more details. If you’re not into needlework and don’t want to become ‘sew’, feel free to volunteer and have your own skillshare!
Just a friendly reminder that we have not one, but two release parties coming up this weekend, which we hope you’ll stop by for! On Saturday in Austin, come enjoy snacks and hands-on crafting while we celebrate our new issue as well as the release of Jennifer Perkins’ great new book. Tomorrow we’ll be telling […]
We delivered two Make Mobile visits to IBM’s IGNITE Camp (an enrichment program for boys), and to ~50 teens at the Latino College Prep Academy (through Maker Tom Zimmerman who splits his time between LCPA and IBM). Our featured Maker was once again Scott Gasparian. This time, he brought along two fantastic demos to emphasize […]
Get Ready to Rumble! MakePhilly’s own 3rd annual Art Buggy Derby (www.ArtBuggy.com) is being held on October 19, 2008 and this year it is an official event of Design Philadelphia! So grab your foot powered buggy… race it, create art with it, and win $500 CASH! What is the Art Buggy Derby? It is the world’s only live […]
Permaculture means permanent culture, permanent agriculture, and other sustainability-related things, depending on who you ask. I’d describe it as sustainable design, with a focus on biomimicry and multiple uses for given elements. One popular concept is a ‘food forest,’ allowing multiple layers of edible things to grow in a given unit space: Austin’s lucky enough […]
