Books and Magazine Reviews
MakerSpace Magazine
On a recent trip to the states, I dropped into Barnes and Noble to see if there were any interest magazines. And I was not disappointed. As well as finding a copy of Machinist’s Workshop with a differential chain hoist,
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Tags: Home Automation, Raspberry Pi, upcycle
The Crafters Guide to Taking Great Photos
My workshop photography is not always the best. So I decided to up my game and got hold of “The Crafters Guide to Taking Great Photos” by Heidi Adnum.
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Tags: photography
Every Tool’s a Hammer
“Life is what you make it” Adam Savage is well known for his time on the popular show “Myth Busters”. And in the maker community, he’s also know for his humour and skill in making cosplay and film props. He
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Tags: maker, Myth Busters
Non-Bullshit Innovation
I’ve been reading a fun book by David Rowen about innovation, ” “. David has toured the globe interviewing so-called innovators and dividing the blaggers from the true innovators. A few weeks back he stopped off in Battersea to met
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Tags: innovation
Shed Manual
The Haynes manuals are renown for their quality guidance on car repairs. In recent years they have expanded their range to include a wider range of topics. Some of these are more coffee table books than instruction. However, “Shed Manual”
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Tags: Haynes, shed
The Crafty Kid’s Guide to DIY Electronics
Helen sent me a copy of her latest book to review. We’ve not had a chance to try out any of the projects yet but here’s my initial thoughts. So there’s a couple of reasons we’ve not yet got around
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This is (not) rocket science
“How a New Generation of Core Independent Peripherals Redefined Embedded Control” is a book about the PIC Microcontroller series. Many modern microcontrollers have hardware blocks for communications, timing, analogue to digital conversion, capacitive sensing etc. These are typically configurable in
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Tags: Microchip, PIC
American Magazines for Makers
So that I’d have something to read on a long flight I dropped into a Barnes and Noble store to see what magazines were available. I picked these three. Nuts and Volts I’d heard of Nuts and Volts via the
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
