M2 Vinyl Flattener
There’s a rule I’ve been following for years at the record store and thrift bin: if the record is warped, walk away. Doesn’t matter how good it sounds in your…
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Designed in California
If you’ve been reading Mac and Apple writing for any length of time, you already know Jason Snell. Former editor-in-chief of Macworld, runs Six Colors, co-hosts Upgrade with Myke Hurley,…
AxiGlide
There’s a moment in any detailed bench work where you realize the thing you’re trying to do isn’t actually hard, it’s just that you’re fighting your grip on the piece.…
Herbert West, Re-Animator
If you were a horror kid in the ’80s, Re-Animator needs no introduction. Stuart Gordon’s 1985 film is great, gleeful, deadpan mad-scientist horror, and Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West is…
Ben Templesmith takes on H.P. Lovecraft’s “Dagon”
I’m a huge fan of Ben Templesmith’s dark, eldritch art style, which even he admits is deeply influenced by the Cthulhu mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. Templesmith is the creator of several…
Followup: Team Atlas Succeeds at Flight
Team Atlas’ Kicktstarter campaign was one of my first posts on this site, and they successfully funded their project. But that was just the beginning – they had to actually…
Rachets Away!
Do-It-Yourself is kind of the founding principle behind Kickstarter. Projects created by individuals, doing it themselves and making something out of nothing with the support of the community. So it’s…
Two Comebacks – Pickstarter, and Veronica Mars
First, the important news: Yes, I’m starting Pickstarter up again. I won’t make excuses, they’re the same ones you’ve heard before from every other blogger. But I keep coming across…
Project Ninja Panda Taco
Yes, that’s right. Ninja. Panda. Taco. PNPT is a tabletop roleplaying game wherein you play an evil mastermind (or his minion) competing with another evil mastermind to take over the…
Followup: Screen Printing on the Cheap
Screen Printing: On The Cheap successfully raised $13,000 for their book, which will enable them to publish and get the word out to DIY-ers everywhere. The fine folks behind Screen…