Electric musical saw
Make pal Mad Maxine sent me this video of musician T.J. Hill playing his electric musical saw – a 26″ Stanley hand saw with a contact mic, run through his guitar effects and amped to 11, I believe.
Makers
10 hardest jobs to fill
This list is from April, but still likely accurate… Hands-on jobs like these are where some of the the worst U.S. talent shortages exist, according to Manpower Inc., which recently surveyed more than 42,500 employers worldwide. In a weakened job market, the overall percentage of U.S. employers struggling to find talented workers dropped by nearly […]
Burning Man build
Mark at Boing Boing put up this really nice video from Current of the build going on at Burning Man. I really like the long swoopy shots between structures; it gives you a bit of a feel for how huge the site is. Every year thousands of people descend onto Black Rock to build a […]
MAKE Road-trip: AS220
Last weekend I went up to AS220 in Providence Rhode Island. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I knew it would be interesting. All I really knew about the group was what I had read on their website and some things Brian Jepson had told me at HOPE and other events. I spent the […]
Breezing Through Oshkosh
A maker’s look at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture show.
Go-Karts Race to College
Winner gets a $10,000 college scholarship. Loser goes home.
VoIPing the iPod Touch
How makers gave you the feature that Apple held back.
