We have been re-posting Carl and Jerry stories for awhile here on MAKE and I really hoped something like this could happen, Jeff Duntemann managed to get permission to republish them and now you’ll be able to get all of these wonderful stories! Jeff writes… Back in 2006, I tried to locate a few of […]
Supreme nothing writes – Here’s some scans from a 1963 home instruction course in animation offered by a company called Cartoonist’s Exchange. All you had to do was cut out the pieces, fasten them together, and start posing your figure as it guides you into a career in the animation industry! supreme nothing: Hey Kids! […]
Hatskull shows you how to build a Nintendo (NES) PC… Ah, the Nintendo Entertainment System. Brings me back a lot of good memories: Super Mario Bros., Double Dragon, Megaman. It also brings back not-so-great memories. The agony of changing cartridges, blowing until you’re dizzy and still getting nothing but a flashing screen when you start […]
Artist Rosemarie Fiore makes these amazing time lapse photos of retro arcade screens. Pictured here – “Tempest 1” 2001. digital c print 4 ft x 6 ft – [via] – Link.
AtariLab is a sensor kit for the 8-bit Atari computers. I ordered two of the kits recently, the starter kit and the light kit, and they both arrived in pristine condition. They work great with the Atari 130XE, but the light sensor was giving me some random readings (replacing the photoresistor in that wouldn’t be […]
Shawn writes – “This is a great book that is no longer in print that shows how to build everything from a log cabin to a wooden bugle. Even if you can’t build some of the things in this book it still can flood the imagination with great ideas.” – Link.
Modern Mechanix just dropped some major past-future view “makes”… Boys Build “Pumpmobile” (March, Modern Mechanix 1938) – Link. A One-Man Show with a Magic Hat (Sep, Popular Science 1933) – Link. Car’s steering wheel is the instrument panel (March, Popular Science 1933) – Link. Garage Door Tells Time (March, Popular Science 1954) – Link. Freak […]
