Monday, February 22, 2010

Welcome Boing Boing Readers

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Welcome Boing Boing readers and thanks for taking a minute to look around my blog. I generally focus on science, technology, and DIY topics ...
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Thursday, January 07, 2010

The DIY Chip

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The January 2010 issue of The Atlantic contains an article I wrote about the way small, cheap, and easy-to-program computers are turning ar...

How to Build a Double Pendulum

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I've written a detailed article describing all things related to building a double pendulum for Make Magazine, issue 22. When Mark Fraue...
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Sunday, January 03, 2010

Job for the next decade: Spider Farmer

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A couple of years ago the always cutting edge David Pescovitz of BoingBoing fame gave me a book called Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: ...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

How to Make a Leyden Jar and Electrostatic Generator

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When the cold weather makes the air so dry, it's impossible to touch stuff in the house without getting a little shock. If you want to ...
Thursday, December 03, 2009

England's Daily Telegraph's take on Absinthe and Flamethrowers

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America's DIY ballistics king Bill Gurstelle shoots from the hip about health and safety Tom Leonard meets the DIY artillery king ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

How to Build a Potato Cannon Wall Poster

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Here's another poster that looks great on the wall of just about any workshop, classroom, or bedroom: How to Build a Flamethrower. I d...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

How to Build a Flamethrower Poster

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I'm excited to say my new poster: How to Build a Flamethrower is ready to go! I developed this poster with a professional graphic design...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Car Launching

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I often head to northwestern Wisconsin because my brother has a lake cabin there. Interesting place, rural Wisconsin. Go into any of the ba...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Marshmallow Shooter Video on Kare -11

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Today on KARE-11's Showcase Minnesota show, Rob Hudson and I build a marshmallow shooter, one of the safer projects from the many avail...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Kurt, Roger, Ryan and David build a trebuchet - and it's a big one!

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A few of my friends in St. Paul got together and build a really enormous trebuchet, a type of medieval hurling machine or catapult. I knew t...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Tricked Out Motorized Couch

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A guy in northern Minnesota built a way cool, tricked out, motorized couch and drove it to the local bar. But he got so drunk that he crashe...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

New How-To Video on Electrostatic Generator and Leyden Jar

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I've filmed a new video showing how to build an electrostatic generator and a leyden jar. Watch it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World

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This month's Wired Magazine cover article is entitled "The Smart List: 12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World." My ess...
Friday, August 21, 2009

How to Choose a Throwing Knife

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In my other blog Absinthe and Flamethrowers, I answer a question a reader posed about how to buy throwing knives. I was just wondering which...
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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Speed Week at Bonneville Salt Flats

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The Bonneville Salt Flats - A whole lot of flatness! I'm guest blogging on Makezine.com this month. I'm excited for the opportunity ...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

How to Make a Sazerac Cocktail

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In 2008 the Louisiana House of Represenatives voted to make the Sazerac the official cocktail of New Orleans. It’s a great mix of flavors an...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

How to Make an Arc Light

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Home Made Arc Light Most people think Thomas Edison invented the electric light. Nah. Edison invented the incandescent light bulb, but elec...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

A new television gig

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I've been itching to get back on the small screen now that I've had a taste of it when I was doing Make TV. I'm getting that scr...
Thursday, July 09, 2009

Interview Today on WHYY Philadelphia

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Today, I'm being interviewed on WHYY- Philadelphia's NPR Affiliate: Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane is an intelligent talk show de...