books by Mark Frauenfelder

books by Mark Frauenfelder

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Mark Frauenfelder

Make Books, 2007

Tinkerers Outlet!!!
MAKE is a magazine for tinkerers and hobbyists that like to build fun projects with their spare time. If you are one of these people you will find 'The Best of MAKE' to be well worth your reading curriculum. With 75 projects that deal with technology, electronics, ...

Make, Volume 6: Technology on Your Time (Make: Technology on Your Time)

Mark Frauenfelder

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Amazon Dropped the Ball
This review is not about the magazine itself because I never received it. I ordered directly from Amazon and expected to wait a few weeks because the product description said it ships within 6 to 7 weeks. I ordered it March 21 and have gotten 3 emails from Amazon ...

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 10 (Make: Technology on Your Time)

Mark Frauenfelder

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007

Great for kids of all ages
. This quarterly magazine is a great way to connect with your kids and tickle their curiosity for doing things that require more than a little thought. Each issue has an abundance of ideas that can be spun off into Science Fair projects and will make your child ...

Make: The First Year (4 vol. set)

Mark Frauenfelder

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

The best magazine for creative minds!
Lots of amazing ideias for hacking and making extraordinary things from everyday house objects. It shows how to make soda rockets, a potato canon using spray cans, robots. The interviews with creative people are also very cool. Each magazine has around 200 pages of ...

MAKE: Technology on Your Time Vol. 1 (Make: Technology on Your Time)

Mark Frauenfelder

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

I've been looking for this!
I stay on the lookout for the "Boys" guides, you know, those old books dealing with science and technology (a hundred years old, perhaps, but still quite educational). I've looked into a few more modern magazines, such as Popular Mechanics (good for what it is), Wired ...

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 08 (Make: Technology on Your Time)

Mark Frauenfelder

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Best issue yet!
I have been reading MAKE since the very beginning, and it looks like they finally got it 100% right. There are many great projects to try out, and a fair amount of history and back story. If you love technology then check this out. If you don't think your that ...

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 05 (Make: Technology on Your Time)

Mark Frauenfelder

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Good for kids and adults alike.
Make Magazine and their website is the ground floor entrance to an ever-growing tower of practical solutions to problems of various levels of complexity. For a parent and child, every issue has projects and activities that will foster creative thinking, problem ...

Braid Crazy: Simple Steps for Daring? Dos

Carla Sinclair

Chronicle Books, 2003

Easy and fun for girls
I am a mother of two girls. My youngest saw this book and fell in love with it. I bought it and tried several of the braids on the girls - pirate matey, spider girl, and pippi longstocking. The instructions and photos were very clear, and the braids were quite simple ...

Rule the Web: How to Do Anything and Everything on the Internet---Better, Faster, Easier

Mark Frauenfelder

St. Martin's Griffin, 2007

10 Times Worth it's Price
After reading some of the previous reviews, I was a little hesitant about buying this book, but how glad I am I did. This book is packed with all kinds of useful information. I've been an "cyberspacer" for about 10 years, so I'm pretty good on the web. But I found ...

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 15 (Make: Technology on Your Time)
Mark Frauenfelder

Make Books, 2008

Explore the euphonic delights of homemade music in MAKE, Volume 15, the Musical Instrument issue. From handheld synthesizers, to laser harps, to autonomous robot composers, MAKE 15 will fill your world with sweet sounds made by you, even if you've never learned to play an instrument.

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 12: technology on your time (Make: Technology on Your Time)

Mark Frauenfelder

Make Books, 2007

Mmmm Makey Goodness
This is the twelfth magazine of this series, and it just keeps getting better. Magazine is a deceptive title, as this issue runs to 192 pages. More like a book! There are projects galore within, such as how to make a 20 watt solar panel from smaller solar cells, how ...

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 14 (Make: Technology on Your Time)

Mark Frauenfelder

Make Books, 2008

Essential magazine for the DIYer
If your do not read these you are definitely missing out on some of the neatest hack ever.

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 13: Technology on Your Time (Make: Technology on Your Time)

Mark Frauenfelder

Make Books, 2008

Great Magazine!
This is a really nice magazine for anyone who loves tinkering with electronics. We are trying to find the old issues we have missed and Amazon is definitely the right place for that. The mags are pretty expensive for the subscription but are really resonable here.

The Computer: An Illustrated History

Mark Frauenfelder

Carlton Publishing Group, 2007

The Comuter: An Illustrated History
When I first opened the package that contained this book, I was absolutely amazed. I knew the book would be fairly big and that it was a hardcover. I knew it was about computers. I didn't expect it to be so artfully done. The cover is immediately striking and at about ...

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 04 (Make: Technology on Your Time)

Mark Frauenfelder

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

Just DO Something!
Ever wonder how to upgrade that old music keyboard that's been sitting at the back of the closet for years? Want to improve that "almost good enough" coffeemaker? How about building a mobile WiFi hotspot, cooking up a batch of biodiesel fuel, or turning an old ...