Margins
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Editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine. Founder of Boingboing.net. My books: The Happy Mutant Handbook (1995, Riverhead), a guide to offbeat pop culture. Mad Professor (2003, Chronicle), science experiments for kids. Worlds Worst (2005, Chronicle), a guide to the worst stuff on Earth, The Computer (2005, Carlton books), an illustrated history of computers. Rule the Web (2007, St. Martins), a guide to online tricks and tips. Next book, The World in Your Hands, to be published in 2010 by Penguin,"
Concoct Extremely Weird Science Projects—Robot Food, Saucer Slime, Martian Volcanoes, and More
2013
My Adventures in the World of Do-It-Yourself
2010
Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World
2010
My Adventures in the World of Do-It-Yourself
2010
The First Year
2005
Technology on Your Time, Vol. 2
2005
Technology on Your Time Volume 04
2005
Lunch Box Guitars, Antigravity Jars, and 22 Other Incredibly Cool Father-Daughter DIY Projects
2014
500 brief reviews of cool stuff
2018
How to Do Anything and Everything on the Internet---Better, Faster, Easier
2007
2007
1995
A Guide to the Most Disgusting, Hideous, Inept, and Dangerous People, Places, and Things on Earth
2005
How to Hack Playing Cards for Extraordinary Magic
2015