Make. Vol.5 - Technology on Your Time

If you like to tweak, disassemble, re-create, and invent cool new uses for technology, you'll love MAKE our quarterly publication for the inquisitive do-it-yourselfer.Every issue is packed with projects to help you make the most of all the technology in your life. Everything from home entertainment systems, to laptops, to a host of PDAs is fair game. If there's a way to hack it, tweak it, bend it, or remix it, you will find out about it in MAKE.This isn't another gadget magazine. MAKE focuses on cool things you can do to make technology work the way you want it to. The publication is inspired by our bestselling Hacks series books but with a twist. MAKE is a mook (rhymes with book). We've combined the excitement, unexpectedness, and visual appeal of a magazine with the permanence and in-depth instructiveness of a how-to book.Whether you're a geek or hacker who delights in creating new uses for technology, or a Saturday afternoon tinkerer who loves to get his hands dirty, you'll keep every issue of MAKE on your bookshelf for years to come.

About the author

Mark Frauenfelder is a writer and illustrator living in Los Angeles. He is the cofounder of the popular "Boing Boing" weblog.

Summary

Focuses on cool things you can do to make technology work the way you want it to. This work is packed with projects to help you make the most of the technology in your life. It is useful for a geek or hacker who delights in creating new uses for technology.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Frauenfelder
• Assisted by: Mar Frauenfelder (Editor), Mark Frauenfelder (Editor), Frauenfelder Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9780596523688
• ISBN: 978-0-596-52368-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 361 g
• Illustrations: w. numerous col. ill. and photos.
• Series: Make: Technology on Your Time
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, REFERENCE / General, Technology: general issues, Serials, periodicals, abstracts, indexes, Make Mark Frauenfelder Hacks DIY Weather