Previously.

Maybe I need an "and people say I'm hard to shop for" tag.

*The idea of MAKE television is quite scary, but even scarier is that long list of MAKE fellow travellers who are noticing that MAKE makes videos now.

Welcome to MAKE... Make: television coverage around the web

Make: television debuted 1/3/2009 7am PST online and on public television (broadcast / cable tv). The series encourages everyone to invent, revent, recycle, upcycle, and act up. Based on the popular Make magazine, each half-hour episode hopes to inspire viewers to think, create, and, well, make. Each episode can be viewed or downloaded DRM-free, in HD on makezine.tv - the show is also available on Vimeo, YouTube, blip.tv and iTunes - We're pretty sure this might be the first TV show to launch in all these places, hopefully others will too!

For the new folks just joining us here, MAKE is a magazine, it's also a yearly event called "Maker Faire", a very popular website, a book series, a Maker Shed - but most of all it's a community of Makers who share their projects and skill. Make is what -you- make it. It's a growing DIY movement of people who look at things a little different and who just might spark the next generation of scientists, engineers and makers. Over the weekend our friends (and new friends) had some great things to say about the show, here's all the ones we could find, thanks for the support!

CNET News - 'Make' magazine debuts television series, Following on the success of their hit do-it-yourself magazine, the people behind Make will now bring their efforts to public television.

Laughing Squid - Make: Television Launches, Weekly Episodes Profiling Makers. MAKE magazine, Twin Cities Public Television and American Public Television have just launched the wonderful new weekly series Make: Television.

Boing Boing - MAKE: television site has videos of first episode. MAKE: television site has videos of first episode...

Hack a Day - Make: television premiering today. Make's television series will be premiering on public television across the US over the next couple days.

io9 - Make a Cat Feeder Out of Your Old VCR. Our pals over at the superlative MAKE: magazine have finally launched their public television show, which celebrates the spirit of mad science by profiling weird inventions you can create in your own home.

BuzzFeed - A new web and TV serious from MAKE Magazine celebrating some of the coolest "Makers" (inventors, artists, geeks and everyday people) and their inventions -- which mix old and new technology to upgrade, renew, and recycle

Lifehacker - Make Magazine Debuts Their Own TV Show. If you're a fan of Make magazine and their DIY-ethos, you won't want to miss the premiere of Make Television. Available both online in HD and on a large number of public stations across America.

Wired / Geekdad - MAKE: television Empowers DIYers. If you had any doubt how huge the maker movement is, check this out -- MAKE: television, the video extension of one of our favorite magazines, premiered last night on Public Television and on the Internet.

NOTCOT - Congrats to our friends at Make on launching Make TV!!! It will even be premiering nationwide on Public Television stations this month!

Hacked Gadgets - This is a great day for the hackers and maker around the world. Make Television is On the Air! This is a big step in legitimizing the DIY area that we are all so interested in.

Biking Bis - "MAKE: television" features bicycle creations by SF's Cyclecide. The debut of a DIY show on public television connects viewers with artists who transform old bicycles into unusual pedal-powered creations.

Engadget - MAKE on the big screen. Make: television sneak peak at Engadget's reader meet up in New York city.

Gizmodo - Make: Television, The Ultimate DIY Tech Show, Debuts This Weekend. Ever wanted to have public TV teach you how to make a fully functional pneumatic t-shirt cannon/Burrito Blaster in the privacy of your own living room? Friends, Make: television debuting this weekend is for you.

uC Hobby - Make: television is a hit! Make TV is tailor made for those of us that especially like the building part of Mythbusters. With Make TV it is about creating. Art, re-purposing common bits to technology to work in new ways. Often the only reason is for the Art of coolness of it but that is more then enough reason to convert an old VCR into a cool cat feeder.

Twitter - Tons of folks twittering away about Make: television!

*Gosh! What cheery news!

Big crowds at the new Ars Electronica Center:

12.500 Visitors in Three Days!

(Linz, 5.1.2008) 12.500 visitors packed the new Ars Electronica Center during Open Days January 2-4. ?The turnout was just incredible,? said Ars Electronica Artistic Director Gerfried Stocker. ?Of course we expected that lots of people would be curious to check out the new facility. But we didn?t anticipate attendance on such a massive scale.? Some early birds had to spend as much as an hour in line before being able to explore the new Ars Electronica Center. Even in the wake of expansion to 6,500 m2 of space, the massive turnout necessitated staggered admission.

New Views of Mankind (((I could do with some)))

The new theme exhibition in the Main Gallery got rave reviews! Peering inside ones own body (?Holoman?), photographing ones own retina (?Visucam?), remote-controlling robots (?Plen Park?), beard stubble enlarged 20,000x (?BioLab?), 16x9-meter ultra-high-resolution graphic worlds (?Deep Space?)-thousands of visitors accepted the invitation to experience astounding New Views of Humankind. ?We?re especially pleased that the new theme exhibition has garnered such an enthusiastic reception,? Gerfried Stocker said. ?For one thing because it?s the core of the new facility; for another because its content is opening up a completely new direction for us.?

Extraordinarily Distinctive Architecture

In addition to the content of the exhibits, the architecture of the new Ars Electronica Center itself-the spectacular new highlight of the Linz cityscape-was the center of attention. Many visitors remarked on how tiny the old AEC seems in comparison to the spacious new facility. The expansive new Ars Electronica Plaza and the panoramic view from the so-called Upper Deck got a terrific reception. After dark, this was a nice turnout for the first artistic display of the full-color capabilities of the AEC?s more than 5,000-m2 LED façade. Hundreds of spectators gathered on the Nibelungen Bridge across the Danube and at the Lentos Museum of Modern Art on the opposite bank to enjoy the premiere.

Opening Hours

The new Ars Electronica Center is now open Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays from 9 AM to 5 PM, Thursdays from 9 AM to 9 PM, and Saturdays & Sundays from 10 AM to 6 PM. The Ars Electronica Center is closed Mondays. For admission prices, discounts, and complete details about special offers and guided tours, log on to www.aec.at .

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