making stuff! breaking stuff!

Since I'm something of an elitist bastard, I have a habit of ignoring most of the "tech news" and "geek news" sites. I'm really not interested in the latest Lord of the Rings movie, or some Star Trek conference, or most of the normal kitsch that comes along with being a geek. Unfortunately, I end up missing out on some very interesting and cool sites, and often find out about them weeks, months, or years after they made the rounds in the usual places.

The upshot to all of this is that, occasionally, I find one of these sites in my own travels, and am absolutely astonished and giddy that I've found "something interesting" on the internet. My latest find of this type is MAKE, a quarterly zine and daily blog. There is some absolutely ridiculously great stuff on the site. Today's entries included how to make an Enigma machine, a computer-controlled Etch-a-Sketch, and bagpipes made of PVC.

I think I'm in love.