I’m excited to see that Greg Borenstein has launched Makematics, a blog that covers his own exploration of advanced math topics that are found in new creative applications by and for makers.

Topics like linear algebra, topology, graph theory, and machine learning are becoming vital prerequisites both to doing daily work in these fields and, more importantly, to inventing, popularizing, and teaching the new creative tools that are rapidly arising.

Aura Seltzer pointed me her newly launched typographic dating game called TypeConnection that helps you how to pair typefaces.

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Congrats to MAKE pal Dino Segovis, who just published the 52nd and final project in his one-year Hack a Week series: This cool laser “oscillograph” that modulates an audio input across the beam from a green laser pointer using a linear actuator recovered from a junk hard drive. A spinning mirror provides the time element.

One thing I’ve always liked about Dino’s projects is that he reports his failures: What you

Looks like I got wind of this contest from Engineer vs Designer too late; entries were officially closed yesterday. Still, the prompt to “design the most absurd 3D-printable iPhone accessory” has made for hugely entertaining browsing lately on Thingiverse, where the contest’s physibles are deposited. I’ve included a smattering of personal faves, above, but there are quite a few gems remaining among the 180+ entries. The tag is