Found by danandrews80 This network switch gets great reviews and this seems like an excellent price, I believe it is the same product as http://www.ebuyer.com/product/64191 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-GS608-Gigabit-Desktop-Switch/dp/B0007SQEPU unless someone can tell me different.

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Netgear GS608 8 Port Gigabit Desktop Switch £33.09 at Pixmania (Mis-Price)

I actually had to send some snail-mail recently and remembered the clever Google map envelope trick from Beste Miray Dogan that made the rounds awhile back. Turns out, a friendly bloke named Stephen has created a handy generator website that lets you input your return address and then automagically creates a printable cut-and-fold pattern

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Print-cut-fold Google map envelope generator

Here is a statement that just got issued by the staff of Makers Market : After a seven month beta test period, we’re sad to report that we’ve reached a decision to cease operation of Makers Market and Boing Boing Bazaar. Although the concept of a marketplace for indie makers invited by the staffs of MAKE and Boing Boing received strong praise from sellers and customers alike, in the final analysis, it is not generating the kind of sales for our sellers that we expected, nor generating the revenue we need to “keep the lights on.” Working in close collaboration with Boing Boing, we attracted over 150 wonderful makers with creations so magical, we frequently found ourselves pulling out our own wallets to buy gifts, and we successfully drove nearly 3/4 million visits to Makers Market and Boing Boing Bazaar through online promotion and editorial posts, resulting in 4 million page views. However, our model was predicated on a highly cooperative premise: that a marketplace of indie makers actively engaged in their respective communities would quickly begin to draw its own critical mass

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News about Makers Market

Another beautiful how-to video, this one describing all of the bits that go into making a mechanical watch work . Gadget pr0n from the 50s! [via kottke ] More: How a differential gear works Read the Full Story

Our last major MAKEcation initiative this year is a family challenge contest, sponsored by Maker Shed , with some sweet prizes. Here’s your challenge: Choose a piece of technojunk, some cast-off electronics that you’re willing to take apart (modem, cassette or CD player, printer, VCR, scanner, answering machine, TiVo, etc.)

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MAKEcation Family Challenge — Technojunk Teardown