Just a few more parts!

When I saw marcsulf’s Drawer Rail Support for his motor home I couldn’t help think…  “Wow, he could replace… EVERYTHING.”

Admittedly, it probably isn’t a very good idea to take an entire motor home and replace it little by little with MakerBotted plastic pieces.  Then again, if it works for cupcakes, perhaps it would work for a motor home?

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Just saw on Fabbaloo that one of the entrants in the Business Development Bank of  Canada (BDC) Young Entrepreneurs competition is proposing to give the entire $100,000 prize away in grants to makerspaces across Canada.

Typically located in rented quarters, these entities enable innovation by providing physical space and equipment that would otherwise not be available to first-time or established entrepreneurs. “These local initiatives are one of the best kept secrets in Canada,” says [Seccuris Inc. Chief Strategy Officer Michael Legary]. “By encouraging this kind of homegrown ingenuity, our proposal will create new opportunities for Canadian communities, and build a larger pool of innovators and entrepreneurs to draw on.”

MakerBot grew out of a hackerspace (NYC Resistor), as have many other companies in the US. If this is something you’d like to support, go lend a click at the contest page.

The UK’s Queen Elizabeth II has been on the throne for over 60 years, a milestone being celebrated in a huge weeks-long “Diamond Jubilee” bash. Doing anything for 60 years is an incredible achievement, and must have required a lot of patience and perseverance.

Sometimes the process of making something or trying a new project that requires completely new skills can make a person feel like they’ll never hit the finish line. But then you take a step back and see you’ve just got two wires crossed or a syntax error throwing things off. And then the victory is sweet.

So in honor of that lady with the handbag and the patient maker in all of us, here’s scottperezfox‘s upload of the classic¹ World War II-era poster, that reminds us to “Keep Calm and Carry On“. Make one for your desk, or take the design and tweak it for your purposes.

1. the kinda newly classic, since this was re-discovered not that long ago [↩]