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UK folding plug

This ingenious folding power plug design efficiently shaves off the extra bulk of a standard UK 3-prong plug, while increasing safety and ease of use. It has recently been entered… Read more »

In the Maker Shed: The MAKEcation learn to solder bundle

The MAKEcation learn to solder bundle is a fun collection of all things blinky. All the kits are easy to solder and each one makes a fun little blinky piece… Read more »

Ask MAKE: EPS foam

Ask MAKE is a weekly column where we answer reader questions, like yours. Write them in to becky@makezine.com or drop us a line on Twitter. We can't wait to tackle… Read more »

City of staples

Artist Peter Root's Low-Rise via jwz. Low-Rise is a precarious assemblage of thousands of free-standing stacks of staples densely tessellated to create a city-like mosaic. Like a city, the staples… Read more »

MAKE 19: MIDI camera control

One of my favorite DIYs in the newest issue of MAKE, Volume 19, is a sweet project titled "MIDI Camera Control" in our DIY Imaging section by Josh Cardenas. A… Read more »

New Magnolia Electric Co. - "Little Sad Eyes"

This week, Jason Molina and Magnolia Electric Co. officially released the Steve Albini-recorded Josephine LP. We drooled over its title track, today the band makes a free offering of the… Read more »

Holy Ghost! Recruit Michael McDonald For Debut LP

The DFA duo wrote a song with vocals out of their range, so they asked a connected friend to ask Michael McDonald if he'd do it. And Michael McDonald said… Read more »

White Rabbits Team With Ralph Lauren, Play KEXP

Brooklyn-via-Columbia, MO band White Rabbits tapped Britt Daniel to produce their sophomore record It's Frightening, hence came its killer single "Percussion Gun." The track's done them wonders, no surprise, landing… Read more »

Troublemaker Remixes Mastodon

Having put his spin on Phoenix, Silversun Pickups, and Johnny Cash, LA DJ Josh Kouzomis is on some next level shit with this Salem-y take on Mastodon's latest Crack The… Read more »

SPIN's 20 Greatest Albums Of 2009 ... So Far

We're more than halfway through 2009 so, hey, why not a little list? That's what the people over at SPIN are thinking: They just put together what they consider "The… Read more »