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MAKE Magazine In This Issue... Happy New Year! Help Make: Online have an awesome 2010 MPG boosting tail cone Say Hello to iLamp Weekend Project: Retro Wireless Handset Weekend Project: Retro Wireless Handset (PDF) MST3K shades put things in perspective Happy New Year! 10% OFF in the Maker Shed More Recent Articles Happy New Year! Help Make: Online have an awesome 2010 Happy new year, everybody! We sure had a great 2009 and are so happy to keep going strong in 2010. To that end, please help us out by completing our survey and let us know how we're doing. Complete the survey and you'll be eligible to win one of five $50 gift certificates to the Maker Shed. More: Help us brainstorm Make: Online, 2010 Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Announcements | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • MPG boosting tail cone Darin is doing some amazing work to upgrade and test the aerodynamic improvements to his Pontiac Firefly, which was sold in the US as the Geo Metro. These cars were often sneered at for rolling off the assembly line with a tiny 3 cylinder engine. They didn't sport much power, but they also went an incredibly long distance on a gallon of gas. Excellent data and documentation of the mods is available at MetroMPG, and on EcoModder. [Thanks Chad via Edmunds!] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • Say Hello to iLamp iLove this lamp! On January 7, 2002 Steve Jobs introduced a beautifully redesigned iMac loaded with an 800 MHz PowerPC 7445 (G4) processor and 15" Flat Panel LCD screen. The new iMac was nicknamed the "iLamp, since Apple advertised it as having the flexibility of a desk lamp. Almost eight years since the official launch, our old friend iMac has actually been reimagined as a proper desk lamp. Because old macs never really die... they just continue on as works of art. Designer Randal180 has three of these clever creations for sale on Etsy. Expect to pay $75 each plus $20 dollars for shipping. It's the coolest way to light up your life like it's 2002. I see Gareth spotted this earlier too, great project to remake! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Gadgets | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • Weekend Project: Retro Wireless Handset Combine new technology with old for a retro bluetooth handset that will get people talking. Thanks go to Jeff Keyzer for the original article in MAKE, Volume 20. To download The Retro Wireless Handset video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Retro Wireless Handset article in MAKE, Volume 20 and you can see that in our Digital Edition. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Weekend Projects | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • Weekend Project: Retro Wireless Handset (PDF) Combine new technology with old for a retro bluetooth handset that will get people talking. Thanks go to Jeff Keyzer for the original article in MAKE, Volume 20. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in MAKE PDF | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • MST3K shades put things in perspective From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member Giant Eye shares this convenient method for taking life a little less seriously - All the world is a theater and you, with shades, will riff upon it. Seeing the humor in things is sometimes a matter of the company you keep. Laughing at all the world's ills becomes so much easier with Mike/Joel and the bots along for the ride. Grab the source design over at Thingiverse. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • Happy New Year! 10% OFF in the Maker Shed Happy New Year - From all of us at the Maker Shed. We wanted to say thank you to all of our customers, makers, friends, and family. 2009 was an amazing year in the Maker Shed and we are really looking forward to all the new projects and products for 2010. Speaking of 2010, let's start the new year off right! How about 10% off everything in the Maker Shed until Sunday, January 3rd. (Midnight PST) Use coupon code "HAPPYNEWYEAR" at checkout to receive 10% OFF your entire order. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Maker Shed Store | Digg this! • Email to a friend • Related • • More Recent Articles Tricks of the Trade What was your favorite Make: Online Project in 2009? New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010 Dremelfuge is a 3D printable centrifuge Fossil tech

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