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Hello there, here are your daily updates from the MAKE blog - 2008/09/28. "Sound Wave" - A wave made from a pile of melted vinyl records NES controller sockets Sebastopol man puts code manuals online. The operating manual for your government is now more complete.. We're doing it again, 10% off *everything* in the Maker Shed Store use code CRZYDAN My Little Pony - modded Creepy Halloween snakes How to: AUX input in a factory radio Bee house More Recent Articles "Sound Wave" - A wave made from a pile of melted vinyl records "Sound Wave" (2007) by Jean Shin @ 'Second Lives' at the Museum of Arts and Design - NYTimes via NOTCOT. Records were melted and sculpted to form a cascading wave, dotted with bursts of colorful labels. The resulting structure speaks to the inevitable waves of technology that render each successive generation of recordable media obsolete. The piece also aims to physically manifest the ephemerality of music as well as one man's musical tastes, as represented by his personal record collection. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • NES controller sockets Parallax just released a NES controller socket (7-pin, male) compatible with the classic NES controller, why is this a big deal? Before this there wasn't any place to get these and now you can use NES controllers for all sorts of projects. Prior to this some folks bought up the 6 way splitters and cannibalized them, expect to see some cool game kits using these soon. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • Sebastopol man puts code manuals online. The operating manual for your government is now more complete.. The online operating manual for your government is now more complete... Not the type of "code" we're usually posing here! From a paper-choked sublet office in Sebastopol, Carl Malamud is operating a kind of nonprofit Napster, with offerings a little less sexy than the music of Metallica, Dr. Dre and Green Day. Example: 404.1. All plumbing fixtures, other than water closets and urinals, shall be equipped with approved strainers having an approved waterway area. That's a snippet of the 2007 California Plumbing Code, a print version of which might cost $125. But Malamud purchased the code and placed it on his Web site - and now anybody can download all 526 riveting pages free. Or the building codes, fire codes, or mechanical codes from California, San Francisco or Los Angeles. Or millions of pages of other codes, all legally obtained by Malamud, who then uploaded them to public.resource.org for anybody to take, even though many of them are copyrighted. "Not everybody is going to read the building code, but everybody who wants to should be able to without putting 100 bucks in the slot," Malamud said. "Primary legal materials are America's operating system." His actions perturb government agencies, technical organizations and publishers who create, maintain and sell books of codes. While some say they do not plan to oppose Malamud's efforts, others question the legality of his site and the wisdom of his actions. Thanks Derek! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Online | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • We're doing it again, 10% off *everything* in the Maker Shed Store use code CRZYDAN Okay, we don't do a lot of promotions or discounts at the Maker Shed, but last month we ran a "Dog Days of Summer" promo. A ton of you responded gleefully. But some folks cried foul because you were squeezing in that last week of vacation before school started and you missed it. Fair enough. Now that we're all back at work or in school or testifying before congress for a $700 billion bail out plan, we're going to close out September with a very cool Back-to-School special: Not only will we give a very generous 10% off every order, but with every order of $25 or more, we're throwing in one of our new Maker Notebooks (think "inventor's notebook meets Moleskine at Maker Faire!). Check 'em out. Use code CRZYDAN for the discount, the Maker's notebook will be added automatically. I suggest getting anything Arduino related, it's the best deal online at the moment. But wait...while this offer is good through midnight San Francisco time September 30th, every couple of days the Maker Shed comrades have promised they'll be shaking things up and sneaking in some additional special offers throughout the week at MakerShed.com. Fair warning - This time, when it's over it's over. We won't have another discount like this again. If you missed that use code CRZYDAN. (Update: We have more Arduinos, get them while you can!!) Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Announcements | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • My Little Pony - modded It's hard to pick a favorite, but I really like this modded My Little Pony storm trooper. The my little alien is rad too, thanks Brad! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Toys and Games | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • Creepy Halloween snakes Whatever you think about Martha Stewart, you have to admit she totally gets into Halloween. I like these snakes made from pipe insulation - they're begging for a re-make! You could mod them with LEDs, wrap them around (and through) pumpkins, rig them to strike out at or drop onto your party guests - a good project to get creative with. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Halloween | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • How to: AUX input in a factory radio This is a really nice flickr photo set that describes how to hack you car stereo. It seems like everyone has an MP3 player, but not everyone has an AUX input in his or her car. After having two newer radios stolen from my car, my dad was nice enough to send me the original factory one. The idea is, no one in their right mind would steal this thing. The only problem is that it doesn't have an AUX input- how am I to hook up a music player to it? Tape adapters and FM broadcasting devices aren't a great solution, so I decided to put one in myself. Read more about How to: AUX input in a factory radio More: Hacking your car stereo Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • Bee house When I get some time I'm going to remake this honeycomb looking lamp once I move the laser cutter to it's new home... via NOTCOT. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • More Recent Articles "The Greater Depression" - The Renaissance - Finding A Place We can make things better... Camera R-strap Best science images of 2008 (Wow, squid suckers!) Visualizing with salt Visit the Maker Faire site for updates! http://www.makerfaire.com/ Austin: Oct. 18th and 19th, 2008 To sponsor Maker Faire, please contact Sherry Huss, at sherry@oreilly.com

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