"Can you send a Windows Movie Maker video using send a file on MSN Messenger?" If you want to send the Windows Movie Maker project file (the ones with file extension MSWMM) using the Send a file feature of MSN Messenger, it can be done, but the person at the other end will have a hard time knowing w...

Maker Faire team held an open audition Sunday at the Tech Museum in San Jose. As usual, we saw lots of interesting things and met some great makers. The auditions are really a small preview of the upcoming Maker Faire. Photos by Kent K. Barnes / kentkb. Here are a few of the highlights: Marc, a teac...

I read recently an article in the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest by Lisa Anne Auerbach called "d.d.i.y. Don't Do It Yourself:" D.I.Y. used to mean grabbing a Sharpieâ„¢ and starting one's own revolution through words and actions. Now it means going into debt at mega-stores, consuming more and m...

With Tahoe having received a whopping near 4 feet of snow in the last 24 hours (!!!), my mind can't help but to drift to Makers we've profiled in the magazine who are snow enthusiasts. In MAKE Volume 10, we featured the folks behind skibuilders.com: Kam K. Leang (Big Kam), Kelvin Wu, and Kam S. Lean...

The Retr0brite Project is an open-source effort to develop the world's finest vintage computer polish, to whiten up the yellowing chassis of your old Amigas and such. Dave from Manchester, UK, aka 'Merlin', the chemist behind the project, explains. “I came across the use of peroxide in July 2008 w...

Inspired by one of the funniest goddamned XKCD strips of all time, Bre Pettis and Adam Cecchetti have built a "Sudo make me a sandwich robot" that makes a sandwich when you tell it to. Sudo Make Me A Sandwich Robot (via Make ) Previously: sudo make me a cheezburger (LOLified iphone snap) - Boing Boi...

Rob Cockerham of Cockeyed.com made a contraption that launches hot soap suds into the cold air. The Quest to Create Hot Air Soap Bubbles Previously: Rob Cockerham hacks the "Gold Kit" - Boing Boing How Much is Inside? -- thread count - Boing Boing Rob Cockerham writes article critical of C...

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The first time I saw a Thing-a-ma Kit in person was at the Bent Festival in NYC. Ever since then I have wanted to build one for myself. That was about a year ago, and I finally have the opportunity to put one together. I was surprised at how many parts there are in the kit. Another nice surprise was...

$300,000 is the starting bid on this eBay listing for a three-bedroom home built in a 15,000 sqft cave in Festus, MO, formerly a roller-rink/concert venue that entertained the MC5, Ike and Tina Turner and Ted Nugent. Sounds like a hell of a place to live (and you gotta feel for the family that's los...