Whole Foods visits my house and we make a skateboard

Dark Rye, the online magazine for Whole Foods, came to my house this summer and shot a video of the stuff my daughters and I like to do. They've also included a downloadable version of bOING bOING #1 (published in 1989), and how-to instructions for a couple of projects.

Mark and Daughters in Dark Rye

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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bcsizemo

Mark drives a VW Thing? Automatic +10 coolness.
Bucket

I’m very jealous of Mark’s Thing.

What? I’m talking about his Volkswagen.
Chesterfield

Your kids are adorable! Life looks pretty awesome in your corner of the world.
monitorhead

the 72vw super owner in me admires the type 181 he’s drivin. and kubelwagen beige to boot!
kentkb

VW thing = cool
Rickenbacker4001

Very inspiring . Love your interactions with your family. Been a big fan for a long time.
niktemadur

This thread is unexpectedly, quickly escalating into a VW Thing discussion!
zeppo

“The views expressed … are not necessarily those of … Dark Rye.”

But they should be. Loved that.
http://twitter.com/erg79 Evan G.

WF has an online magazine called Dark Rye? Of course they do. Ugh.
Ito Kagehisa

The only Thing cooler than a Kubelwagen is a Schwimmwagen! But I have to admit undying loyalty to the Karmann Ghia, myself.
- bcsizemo
  
  I’m a Type 3 fan myself. When well done the Ghia is nice, but just something about a Notchback that I find so “german”.
  - Ito Kagehisa
    
    Well, have you seen the Type 3 Ghia then? I prefer the appearance of the regular models, but there’s a totally cherry type 3 that I see around here once every decade or so. The elderly gent who drives it brought it back from Germany on a cargo ship in the 60s.
RadioSilence

Lovin’ the VW love :)

Never had a ‘classic’ like Mark’s, but I borrow my cousin’s bay-window camper when I can. My current ride is a ’01 Polo and my first car was a ’91 Golf (52BHP – imagine the power!)
Brett Coulthard

The sandwich uke was great! But did you use Dark Rye?
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Why are you attaching the same image to every comment?
RJ

That is a beautiful VW Thing, Mark. It looks either restored or very well-kept. I’d like to know more about it. What’s on the odo? Any mods, or is it factory? Is it a restoration? How much? Is it a repaint? Reupholster?

I’m not a big VW guy, but Things and Karmann Ghias will always be beautiful cars.
http://twitter.com/KenOatman Ken Oatman ☼

This is cool, because some of the hipper Whole Foods locations were supporters of BoingBoing, the dead-tree product, back in the ’90′s. Full circle.
- http://www.zazzle.com/InfinitudeTortoises* An Infinitude of Tortoises
  
  This notion of a “hipper Whole Foods” I find quite intriguing, because …
  
  * “Is Whole Foods Bad for the Planet?”
  * “Whole Foods: Selling the highest quality natural & organic wingnuttery”
  * “Weigh Less, Pay Less: Whole Foods Offers Discount Based On BMI”
  * “Whole Foods, junk science, healthism, and other stuff white people like”
  * “Why You Should Have Already Had Problems With Whole Foods”
http://twitter.com/CHMMNews CHMM News

I loved this article nearly as much as I love playing and working on projects with my daughter :) thanks Mark for making day’s a little more awesome.
Chesterfield

Could you post a link to the trucks and wheels that you used for the skateboards?
FreakCitySF

You have good taste Mark. I to have a 73 as well :). And it’s awesome to see a owner putting the windshield down even for a blog video :) There is great debate on whether or not it’s legal. But regardless the so cal weather is much better for them Things than in SF. There is a good forum for VWs and Thing enthusiasts at http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewforum.php?f=8. Yours looks factory new, I’d love to see a complete VW restoration done on a junk yard derelict in Make someday. Possibly one of the best cars for DIY folks.