Maker ← A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Great evening at Metrix Create Space last night

Oct

2012

Rich and I had a great evening geeking out at “Metrix Create Space”:http://metrixcreatespace.com/ in Capitol Hill last night. We attended the Intro to Arduino class and had a blast wiring things up, playing with the Arduino IDE, and absorbing the maker vibe. I’d love to follow up and take the E-textiles course they have coming ...

Great summary of beam systems if you are into that sort of thing

Apr

2012

“Beam Me Up”:http://rasterweb.net/raster/2012/04/07/beam-me-up/ at Rasterweb. I don’t have much current need but great starting point here if you need to dig into these.

Decent article in Seattle Times about maker resources

Mar

2012

Good “article in PNW mag”:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2017740454_pacificpnerds25.html?cmpid=2628 yesterday about maker resources here in the Seattle area. The particular things I noted: * “Ignite Seattle”:http://www.igniteseattle.com/ — regular talks about projects, tho next event postponed, hope this is still active * “Dorkbot Seattle”:http://dorkbotsea.org/ — also on hiatus this month but seems like my kind of thing (apparently lots of ...

Custom metal/plastic fabricated parts online

Mar

2012

As I start to “dabble with Arduino”:http://theludwigs.com/2012/03/starting-to-dabble-with-arduino/, I am also thinking about other aspects of my projects beyond the simple assembly and programming of Arduino-based systems. I know I will need some plastic elements — bases, screens, etc. You can get any kind of plastic cut to any size at sites like “Tap Plastic”:http://www.tapplastics.com/ and ...