Cleaning cat litter is an unpleasant daily chore for me, but the DuraScoop makes it much less unpleasant. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Windell Oskay is the co-founder of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, a Silicon Valley company that has designed and produced specialized electronics and robotics kits since 2007. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Coming up with a way to fix mistakes challenges your creativity and your critical thinking skills and your resourcefulness. Often you end up with something better than what you planned on in the first place. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Scott Adams is not only a world-famous cartoonist, he’s also a world-class failure. And he’s the first to admit it. In his new book, ‘How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big,’ the Dilbert creator explains how failure can lead to success if you develop the right skills to make the most of your mistakes. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
I actually studied engineering in school – I have a degree in mechanical engineering. But, when I got out of school, instead of going to work as an engineer, I was in a band. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
If you build your own chair, there is a lot of things that happen. You could probably buy a nice chair for less money than a chair that you built yourself, and it might even look better, but if you build that chair, you’re going to take care of it and maintain it because it’s your chair. If it breaks, you know how to fix it. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
The human-made world is mostly beyond our comprehension. Our daily survival depends on seemingly magical gizmos that provide our food, water, clothing, comfort, transportation, education, well-being, and amusement. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Fear of failure held me back from being a DIYer for many years, especially after a few early attempts at home improvement projects went awry. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was George Gamow’s ‘One Two Three … Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science.’ Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Kids don’t need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until traditional education makes them afraid of making mistakes. The long-term value of making for kids is in learning to become an active participant in the world around them rather than a consumer of prepackaged products and solutions. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
