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December 10, 2013
Budget Friendly Maker Shed Gift Guide!
Giving to Makers can get pricey over the holiday season, so we've put together the Maker Shed Under $35 Gift Guide. The products in this gift guide range from kids' gifts to microcontroller accessories for the advanced Maker. Your recipients (and your wallet!) will thank you for items such as the ever-popular Learn to Solder Kit or get their glow on with EL-Wire Starter Packs (10ft).
Book Review: The Book of Audacity
The Book of Audacity is a comprehensive and fun to read guidebook for the popular sound recording and editing software. 
David Lang’s TED Talk: My Underwater Robot
"Zero to Maker" author David Lang explains the origins of the OpenROV project, which created an open-source DIY submersible, in essence a tethered underwater drone that you can build yourself from a kit.
The Magic of Northlandz
Northlandz is one man's hobby transformed into a magical exhibit of about 100 model trains travelling a landscape of 400 bridges and tunnels and eight miles of track traversing mountains, rivers, and towns with thousands of model buildings. It is also home to an impressive display of dolls and dollhouses, art, and antiques. 
Celebrating the Ethernet Cable
Not everyone enjoys routing a cable through their house. But everyone does loves the speed of the internet through an Ethernet cable. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3 standard for Ethernet, the IEEE is holding a contest to celebrate and show the versatility and usefulness of Ethernet. The “I Spy Ethernet IEEE 802.3” contest.
Guerrilla Maker Space: An Interview with Emerging Designers
Christan Balch and Saskia Leggett created Guerrilla Maker Space as a way to provide creative opportunities in unexpected places. Read all about in this interview. 
Is Your Brunch Tactical? A Conversation with Mark Krawczuk
The more I learned about Krawczuk, the more I realized he could give the Dos Equis guy a run for his money in the interesting department. Krawczuk calls himself a creative instigator, and he's mighty good at it. 
NYC’s Makery Pops Up Again This Week in Harlem
Every day this week NYC's The Makery will be presenting workshops at a new pop-up space in Harlem. From light sensors to an introduction to 3D design to MaKey MaKey instrument controllers, it's a fun time to learn!
Make it Glow This Holiday With EL Wire
It’s probably cliché at this point to say that I saw the movie TRON: Legacy and wanted my own light up clothing, but 1) it’s true, and 2) it’s easy to do with electroluminescent (EL) wire!
December 9, 2013
MAKE Asks: Audio Hacks
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.
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