This year, I FINALLY made it to Maker Faire in San Mateo!! I've been wanting to go to this one (the original and largest) for years, so it was fantastic…
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After I got our of college, I was the "grown up" among my friends (most of whom were still in school). They were living in small apartments, eating too much…
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For a while now (12 episodes) BrainPick has been a live video Q&A show on YouTube, mainly directed by audience questions. It's been pretty well received but for me, had…
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When I was in college, I was in a few bands. Of course, we were also all poor college students (and didn't make any money playing music) so we couldn't afford…
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You may not care about this, and that's okay. While writing this, I'm fully aware that this topic is a HUGE DEAL to me, but probably completely irrelevant to almost everyone…
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Four-in-a-row is one of those games that you play with just about any age child, and they can play competitively. My kids really enjoy it, and since we play it…
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I've been working with the guys at Inventables on some things lately, and have been more and more impressed with their purpose and just how much they care about enabling…
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Maker 101 is back! This series is aimed at anyone who is just getting started in making and DIY. No matter what you're interested in, getting familiar with basic terminology…
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Mold making is yet another thing I've had tons of interest in for a long time, but have never really done much of it. The one occasion that I tried…
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Don't forget, the next episode of my live Q&A show, BrainPick, will be on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 9:30 EST with special guest Matthias Wandel!! Matthias has built some pretty…
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