Comments on: Jacket design for Mark's new book! http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 22:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jere7my http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718080 jere7my Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718080 That's not a jacket, it's a short-sleeved shirt. That’s not a jacket, it’s a short-sleeved shirt.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718082 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718082 It's an adorable picture of Mark. The pure nerdy joy of making cigar-box guitars shines out of him. And I say that with sincere admiration, not sarcasm. Infectious enthusiasm is always attractive. It’s an adorable picture of Mark. The pure nerdy joy of making cigar-box guitars shines out of him. And I say that with sincere admiration, not sarcasm. Infectious enthusiasm is always attractive.

]]> By: lolbrandon http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718089 lolbrandon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718089 Mark, Buddy, I mean this in the most hetero way possible, but gods damn I love your hair. That is some sexy on your scalp. I'm probably just jealous as my father gave me his worthless thinning hair genes, but I don't care. Jealousy be damned. I love your hair. mmmm. Mark, Buddy, I mean this in the most hetero way possible, but gods damn I love your hair. That is some sexy on your scalp. I’m probably just jealous as my father gave me his worthless thinning hair genes, but I don’t care. Jealousy be damned. I love your hair. mmmm.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718093 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718093 Look at that hair. Just look at it. Look at that hair. Just look at it.

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718100 Dean Putney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718100 Really great! I like how personal and friendly it looks. Congratulations! Really great! I like how personal and friendly it looks. Congratulations!

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718103 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718103 Heck, I'd be happy if the hair on my head was as thick and luxurious as the hair on his forearms. Good job, mark's genes. Heck, I’d be happy if the hair on my head was as thick and luxurious as the hair on his forearms. Good job, mark’s genes.

]]> By: JIMWICh http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718105 JIMWICh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718105 What a great photo! I've come to think that Mark's got some sorta Dorian Gray portrait in his closet or chicken coop, or something. He looks like he did 20 years ago! What a great photo! I’ve come to think that Mark’s got some sorta Dorian Gray portrait in his closet or chicken coop, or something. He looks like he did 20 years ago!

]]> By: 3x10p8 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718106 3x10p8 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718106 Imagine how much those Frauenfelder guitars will be worth in 100 years. Imagine how much those Frauenfelder guitars will be worth in 100 years.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718362 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718362 Congrats on the book! That hair really is something, the way it sort of swirls around like a hirsute vortex. It's nearly Conan O'Brien class. Congrats on the book! That hair really is something, the way it sort of swirls around like a hirsute vortex. It’s nearly Conan O’Brien class.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718114 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718114 Think what they'll be worth in 100,000 years when they're petrified and encased in muskovite. Think what they’ll be worth in 100,000 years when they’re petrified and encased in muskovite.

]]> By: rudegar http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718118 rudegar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718118 Did home-slice make that bucket of hair gel himself too? I want that recipe! Did home-slice make that bucket of hair gel himself too? I want that recipe!

]]> By: jpixl http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718121 jpixl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718121 Mark, congrats, that's one excellent cover. -John Mark, congrats, that’s one excellent cover. -John

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718383 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718383 Congrats Mark! Keep up the amazing work! Congrats Mark! Keep up the amazing work!

]]> By: caseyd http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718131 caseyd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718131 The subtitle intrigues. looking forward to examining the book. So much of the burner/maker culture is so blithely consumerist it'll be interesting to read Mark's take on it. The subtitle intrigues. looking forward to examining the book.

So much of the burner/maker culture is so blithely consumerist it’ll be interesting to read Mark’s take on it.

]]> By: mneptok http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718135 mneptok Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718135 You know, if I looked at the cover quickly in a bookstore and processed the <i>Made By Hand</i> title, I'd think it was a book on hairstyling. "Searching for meaning in a flyaway world." You know, if I looked at the cover quickly in a bookstore and processed the Made By Hand title, I’d think it was a book on hairstyling.

“Searching for meaning in a flyaway world.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718391 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718391 Mark is SOOOOO cute that I JUST CAN'T STAND IT ONE MORE MINUTE! Mark is SOOOOO cute that I JUST CAN’T STAND IT ONE MORE MINUTE!

]]> By: Razzabeth http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718144 Razzabeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718144 +1 Hair comment. It really is quite captivating. Like a brunette Super Saiyan. +1 Hair comment. It really is quite captivating. Like a brunette Super Saiyan.

]]> By: pinehead http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718156 pinehead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718156 That book cover is aces, man. I can't comment on the cool hair - I keep mine much more conservative than Mark - but I have to admit I really like his glasses frames. Looking forward to the release date. I like Mark's updates here, so I imagine his book will be at least as interesting. Thanks for embarrassing him for our viewing pleasure, Pesco. ;) That book cover is aces, man. I can’t comment on the cool hair – I keep mine much more conservative than Mark – but I have to admit I really like his glasses frames. Looking forward to the release date. I like Mark’s updates here, so I imagine his book will be at least as interesting. Thanks for embarrassing him for our viewing pleasure, Pesco. ;)

]]> By: carsten http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718169 carsten Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718169 the title and subtitle in combination with the picture just make me wonder ... just because something is hand made doesn't mean it is not a throw away product (look at those guitars, how long until they will be tossed). the real discussion should be about real craft that produces high quality hand made products vs. low quality mass produced throw away products. all this "make" and etsy culture does in my view is create more things we don't need. the process of making it is different (and i agree better since it gets people to be creative and do something). the title and subtitle in combination with the picture just make me wonder … just because something is hand made doesn’t mean it is not a throw away product (look at those guitars, how long until they will be tossed).

the real discussion should be about real craft that produces high quality hand made products vs. low quality mass produced throw away products.

all this “make” and etsy culture does in my view is create more things we don’t need. the process of making it is different (and i agree better since it gets people to be creative and do something).

]]> By: Francesco Fondi http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718172 Francesco Fondi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718172 Nice!!! Nice!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718175 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718175 You would be surprised how good those instruments can sound. I've been making them for thirty years and more, and most of them are well worth keeping. (Much depends upon the cigar box, but they don't have quality control for this purpose.) You would be surprised how good those instruments can sound. I’ve been making them for thirty years and more, and most of them are well worth keeping. (Much depends upon the cigar box, but they don’t have quality control for this purpose.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718178 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718178 I never knew Mark was part hedgehog :) I never knew Mark was part hedgehog :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718181 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718181 Mark dear, you still have that comb I gave you don't you? Love, your mother. Mark dear, you still have that comb I gave you don’t you?

Love, your mother.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718182 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718182 I see no reason to believe that these guitars will be tossed anytime soon (probably handed down to the next generation because of the care that went into them) I see no reason to believe that these guitars will be tossed anytime soon (probably handed down to the next generation because of the care that went into them)

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718188 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718188 Are you saying that the cigar box, scrap of lumber, and mason's twine would have had a much more useful life somewhere else? Are you saying that the cigar box, scrap of lumber, and mason’s twine would have had a much more useful life somewhere else?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718469 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718469 I've been playing the same cigar box guitar for 16 years...and it's even more primitive than Mark's! Free plans for cigar box guitars are at http://www.cigarboxnation.com I’ve been playing the same cigar box guitar for 16 years…and it’s even more primitive than Mark’s!

Free plans for cigar box guitars are at http://www.cigarboxnation.com

]]> By: MauiMaker http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718219 MauiMaker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718219 Due out May 27th? That cant be right. Maker Faire Bay Area is May 22-23. Mark has to have a book signing at Maker Faire!!! Due out May 27th? That cant be right. Maker Faire Bay Area is May 22-23. Mark has to have a book signing at Maker Faire!!!

]]> By: Dale Dougherty http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718221 Dale Dougherty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718221 Mark, you look fabulous! Yes, you will have sign books and handmade guitars at Maker Faire. Mark, you look fabulous! Yes, you will have sign books and handmade guitars at Maker Faire.

]]> By: DaveMcJohn http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718226 DaveMcJohn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718226 A long time reader, I just now registered with Boing Boing to say how awesome Mark's hair looks in this picture. Man, I wish I had that hair. Just look at it! A long time reader, I just now registered with Boing Boing to say how awesome Mark’s hair looks in this picture. Man, I wish I had that hair. Just look at it!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/jacket-design-for-ma.html#comment-718239 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-718239 Cool! the book looks exactly what I've been wanting to read. Creating relevant and fun products from recycled things. Cool! the book looks exactly what I’ve been wanting to read. Creating relevant and fun products from recycled things.

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