Last week I started blogging over at Make:SF, home of the unofficial San Francisco Make: fanclub.
Expect to see me posting over there occasionally about events, meeting recaps, and other goings-on.
As resident WordPress guru I’ve also been making some tweaks to the site to make it better serve club members.
Make:SF typically meets at TechShop in Menlo Park on the 1st Sunday of the month, and recently has also been meeting at Instructables HQ in San Francisco on the 2nd Tuesday.
Two big meetings in the SF art/tech/DIY/make scene are happening tonight:
Make:SF Meeting @ Instructables HQ 6:30PM
Dorkbot @ Monkeybrains 7:30PM
Both meetings are in the same building/complex so it should be quite possible to go to both (at least that’s my plan).
Some interesting electronics/microcontroller/hacker themed blogs I’m reading these days:
My favorites:
And some new (to me) blogs:
That’s it for now. If I missed any good ones, I’d love to hear about them, leave a comment or contact me. You can access all of the blogs I mentioned (and a couple more) from the blogroll to the right.
“Wiring harnesses are an essential and often overlooked part of any electrical system. On a car, a good wiring harness can make the difference between a weekend joyride and a long tow home. Building a quality wiring harness requires a couple inexpensive tools and the right techniques…”
The Maker Faire is an event held twice a year (alternating between San Mateo, California and Austin, Texas) by the folks at Make Magazine, one of my favorite publications from O’Reilly. The event centers on DIY culture, covering everything from making combat robots to felting and needlepoint.
This year I participated in the 2008 Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo and showed people how to make better wiring harnesses for things like cars and electronic projects.
During the Maker Faire I handed out a one page tutorial with information about where to buy the tools and supplies as well as the steps needed to create a template and make a wiring harness from scratch.
Here is a pdf version of the handout.
Or grab it in .png format, click on the image below for a full size version.
Check it out and let me know what you think.
