KEEPING RECIPES
Posted on January 22nd, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
GETTING TO 3D
Posted on January 17th, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
NO STARCH LEGO GUNS
Posted on January 16th, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
“Badass Lego Guns,” by Martin Hudepohl; $30 from No Starch Press, nostarch.com. Somewhere, some place, all the time, there are people doing… Read more
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Q&A
Posted on January 12th, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Quora.com is a place to get answers to questions like “What business books should I read?” Or “What is recursion?” Or “What does Steve… Read more
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WHAT A CARD
Posted on January 3rd, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We must have saved a couple hundred dollars by making our own holiday greeting cards. If you look ahead to other holidays, the annual savings are… Read more
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THINK LIKE A PROGRAMMER
Posted on September 17th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Here are two books that caught Bob’s tinkering fantasies. We hope they catch yours as well. They’re kind of techy stuff. So why go into it in a… Read more
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MAKE A COMPLEX MODEL
Posted on September 15th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
“Alibre Design” is a program for designing three-dimensional objects. It recently won the “Editor’s Choice” Award at the 2010 MAKE… Read more
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MAKING STUFF
Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Okay, so we’re hooked; we love fooling around with stuff. MAKE magazine, number 23 is out, $15 from makershed.com. Here’s some of the stuff you… Read more
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THERE I FIXED IT
Posted on August 4th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
is an ThereIFixedit.com is an amusing site full of makeshift remedies to common problems. Here are some examples. Make triple-A batteries fit a… Read more
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TOY ROBOTS AND TRAINS
Posted on July 9th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
“The LEGO MindStorms NXT 2.0 Discovery Book, by Laurens Valk; $30 from NoStarch Press, nostarch.com. If you ever go to science fiction… Read more
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