We all know Instructables, the crowd-sourced how-to site that brought us great tutorials like "
Garbage Bag + Rice Cooker = Alcohol Still," and "
Quick Sauerkraut with Caraway Seeds and a Baseball bat" -
wait, what? Oh, you must be reading some of
Tim Anderson's 200-plus Instructables. Tim's a curious fellow best known for
co-founding 3-D printer manufacturer Z Corp (previous-Z) um, no, wait, maybe
for writing the Heirloom Technology column in Make Magazine? No? Hmm, then what is he "best known for?" Well, there's a bunch of other stuff
in here. . . .
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posted by richyoung
on May 25, 2011 -
13 comments
Instructables.com moves to a "pay to see" model Instructables, the community craft blog of the handy set, has moved to a closed pay-only model, and the timer is ticking for legacy accounts. After 90 days from implementation rollover, people who do not pay for an Instructables "Pro" account will have their accounts "crippled". Non-paying accounts will no longer be able to view entire instructables at once, print out projects or get a PDF, have a "favorites" list, and most perniciously, people
won't be able to view "secondary" images in instructable steps that have multiple images. (Even if you happen to be the person that created it.)
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posted by dejah420
on Jun 17, 2009 -
61 comments
Instructables for showing what you make and how to make it. Not just any DIY site, the creator
Saul Griffith has an
impressive pedigree. The site comes with all the things you'd expect from a new collaborative widget including Creative Commons licensing options and of course
tags. From the about page: "
We like to think about the physical world as something that is programmable. We like to think of objects or stuff you make as 'code'. In other words, we are approaching the physical world as something that is describable and replicable." Dive in and learn how to make a
pimped out megaphone helmet,
Hungarian bookshelves or
canned applesauce. (
via)
posted by jessamyn
on Nov 18, 2005 -
14 comments
