Synopses & Reviews
In
Rule the Web, you'll learn how to:
* Browse recklessly, free from viruses, ads, and spyware
* Turn your browser into a secure and powerful anywhere office
* Raze your old home page and build a modern Web masterpiece
* Get the news so fast itll leave skidmarks on your inbox
* Fire your broker and let the Internet make you rich
* Claim your fifteen megabytes of fame with a blog or podcast
You use the Web to shop, do your banking, have fun, find facts, connect with family, share your thoughts with the world, and more. But arent you curious about what else the Web can do for you? Or if there are better, faster, or easier ways to do what youre already doing? Let the worlds foremost technology writer, Mark Frauenfelder, help you unlock the Internets potential—and open up a richer, nimbler, and more useful trove of resources and services, including:
EXPRESS YOURSELF, SAFELY. Create and share blogs, podcasts, and online video with friends, family, and millions of potential audience members, while protecting yourself from identity theft and fraud.
DIVIDE AND CONQUER. Tackle even the most complex online tasks with ease, from whipping up a gorgeous Web site to doing all your work faster and more efficiently within your browser, from word processing to investing to planning a party.
THE RIGHT WAY, EVERY TIME. Master state-of-the-art techniques for doing everything from selling your house to shopping for electronics, with hundreds of carefully researched tips and tricks.
TIPS FROM THE INSIDERS. Mark has asked dozens of the best bloggers around to share their favorite tips on getting the most out of the Web.
Review
"Frauenfelder knows the answer to every question you have ever asked. Luckily he has written it all down here for you, on non-electric pages which even you can understand."--John Hodgman, author of
The Areas of My Expertise and correspondent for
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
"Frauenfelder doesn't just live on the cutting edge...he is the cutting edge."--Seth Godin, author of Small is the New Big "When it comes to capturing the zeitgeist of the Web, nobody does it better than Mark Frauenfelder."--John Battelle, author of The Search "Rule the Web is like The Joy of Cooking, only it's about the Web instead of meatloaf."--Xeni Jardin, NPR News technology contributor
Synopsis
Hundreds of easy-to-use and immensely useful but little-known and hard-to-find tips, tricks, and techniques for getting the most out of the Internet.
Synopsis
In
Rule the Web, you'll learn how to:
- Browse recklessly, free from viruses, ads, and spyware
- Turn your browser into a secure and powerful anywhere office
- Raze your old home page and build a modern Web masterpiece
- Get the news so fast it’ll leave skidmarks on your inbox
- Fire your broker and let the Internet make you rich
- Claim your fifteen megabytes of fame with a blog or podcast
You use the Web to shop, do your banking, have fun, find facts, connect with family, share your thoughts with the world, and more. But aren’t you curious about what else the Web can do for you? Or if there are better, faster, or easier ways to do what you’re already doing? Let the world’s foremost technology writer, Mark Frauenfelder, help you unlock the Internet’s potential, and open up a richer, nimbler, and more useful trove of resources and services, including:
- EXPRESS YOURSELF, SAFELY Create and share blogs, podcasts, and online video with friends, family, and millions of potential audience members, while protecting yourself from identity theft and fraud
- DIVIDE AND CONQUER Tackle even the most complex online tasks with ease, from whipping up a gorgeous Web site to doing all your work faster and more efficiently within your browser, from word processing to investing to planning a party
- THE RIGHT WAY EVERY TIMEMaster state-of-the-art techniques for doing everything from selling your house to shopping for electronics, with hundreds of carefully researched tips and tricks
- TIPS FROM THE INSIDERSMark has asked dozens of the best bloggers around to share their favorite tips on getting the most out of the Web
Synopsis
In the spirit of The Daring Book for Girls, the first DIY project guide for fathers and daughters from the founder of Boing Boing and editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine.
Synopsis
As the editor in chief of MAKE magazine, Mark Frauenfelder has spent years combing through DIY books, but heand#8217;s never been able to find one with geeky projects he can share with his two daughters. Maker Dad is the first DIY book to use cutting-edge (and affordable) technology in appealing projects for fathers and daughters to do together. These crafts and gadgets are both rewarding to make and delightful to play with. Whatand#8217;s more, Maker Dad teaches girls lifelong skillsand#8212;like computer programming, musicality, and how to use basic hand toolsand#8212;as well as how to be creative problem solvers. The bookand#8217;s twenty-four unique projects include:
and#8226;and#160;Drawbot, a lively contraption that draws abstract patterns all by itself
and#8226;and#160;Ice Cream Sandwich Necklace
and#8226;and#160;Friendstrument, an electronic musical instrument girls can play with friends
and#8226;and#160;Longboard
and#8226;and#160;Antigravity Jar
and#8226;and#160;Silkscreened T-Shirt
and#8226;and#160;Retro Arcade Video Game
and#8226;and#160;Host a Podcast
and#8226;and#160;Lunchbox Guitar
and#8226;and#160;Kite Video Camera
Innovative and groundbreaking, Maker Dad will inspire fathers to geek out with their daughters and help girls cultivate an early affinity for math, science, and technology.
and#160;
About the Author
Mark Frauenfelder is the founding editor of the world's most popular blog, BoingBoing.net, as well as the editor-in-chief of the hit technology magazine Make. Formerly an editor at Wired and a technology columnist for Playboy, he is frequently interviewed for television, radio, and print, including MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and Business Week.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Say Yes to Mistakes. . .01
Maker Dad Toolbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03
(E) Antigravity Jar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04
(M) Drawbot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
(C) Longboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
(C) Mid-Century Rocking Chair. . . . .24
(E) Soap Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
(E) Giant Bubbles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
(C) Create a Podcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
(M) Silkscreen T-Shirt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
(M) Ice Cream Sandwich Necklace. . 64
(M) Paper Bowl Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . .74
(M) Peg Trick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
(E) Rubber Stamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
(C) The Friendstrument. . . . . . . . . . . . 90
(M) Mixie Sticks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
(C) Retro Arcade Video Game. . . . . .110
(E) Crazy Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
(C) Lunch Box Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
(E) Seven-Piece Puzzle Cube. . . . . . .148
(E) Rainbow Pops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
(M) Astro Ice Cream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
(C) Kite Video Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . .172
(m) Mu Torere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
(C) Getting to Know Arduino. . . . . . 190
(E) and#8220;Canand#8217;t Loseand#8221; Dice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Ackowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
PROJECTS KEY
(E) easy and quick
(M) moderately challenging
(C) challenging. a real skill-builder!