Instructables Book
We've published a book of Instructables!
Order your copy of The Best of Instructables Volume 1 here!
See the latest news about The Best of Instructables Volume 1 here.
I just got the contract worked out with O'Reilly Media/MAKE, who is publishing the book. Details are still being finalized, but the book will look something like this: 75 (maybe?) full Instructables and 50 (maybe?) mentions (author, intro image and text maybe?) of Instructables in a community-choice section. The Instructables in the community-choice section will be chosen by a month-long contest open to Instructables published at any point in the past. The top Instructables by votes in the contest will be included. The full Instructables will be chosen by the people at Instructables, the O'Reilly and MAKE editors, and using the results of the book contest. If your project is selected, we'll ask for your permission and give you a free copy of the book.
We're hoping to have it out in time for the Austin Maker Faire in October.
These details are likely to change, but I'm so excited that I wanted to share them even at this early stage. We'll do a formal announcement when we know more, so consider this your sneak-preview.
Updated: Number of full Instructables from 100 to 75.
2008-07-03 Update: Right now, it looks like we'll be including approximately 50 Instructables in the community choice section of the book as chosen by our Instructables Book Contest. This section will have 8-10 Instructables per page and each Instructable will have the author, title, intro text and image. Everyone mentioned will receive a free copy. As usual we'll be eliminating fraudulent votes.
75 full Instructables will be included as chosen by editors at Instructables, MAKE, and O'Reilly. Obviously, we'll be watching the results of the contest closely to make sure we didn't miss anything!
Since print and internet are such different mediums, part of the selection process is finding Instructables will exceptional images and well-written text. Since any Instructable can be included, now is a great time to make sure your images are top-notch and maybe add a few more, if you can.
2008-09-01 Update: If your Instructable is in the top 50 sorted by user votes, you are definitely in the community choice section. Depending on how many of those 50 are included as full Instructables in the book, the community choice section may include more Instructables. We are working hard at getting everything organized and ready for the book launch in October.
Order your copy of The Best of Instructables Volume 1 here!
See the latest news about The Best of Instructables Volume 1 here.
I just got the contract worked out with O'Reilly Media/MAKE, who is publishing the book. Details are still being finalized, but the book will look something like this: 75 (maybe?) full Instructables and 50 (maybe?) mentions (author, intro image and text maybe?) of Instructables in a community-choice section. The Instructables in the community-choice section will be chosen by a month-long contest open to Instructables published at any point in the past. The top Instructables by votes in the contest will be included. The full Instructables will be chosen by the people at Instructables, the O'Reilly and MAKE editors, and using the results of the book contest. If your project is selected, we'll ask for your permission and give you a free copy of the book.
We're hoping to have it out in time for the Austin Maker Faire in October.
These details are likely to change, but I'm so excited that I wanted to share them even at this early stage. We'll do a formal announcement when we know more, so consider this your sneak-preview.
Updated: Number of full Instructables from 100 to 75.
2008-07-03 Update: Right now, it looks like we'll be including approximately 50 Instructables in the community choice section of the book as chosen by our Instructables Book Contest. This section will have 8-10 Instructables per page and each Instructable will have the author, title, intro text and image. Everyone mentioned will receive a free copy. As usual we'll be eliminating fraudulent votes.
75 full Instructables will be included as chosen by editors at Instructables, MAKE, and O'Reilly. Obviously, we'll be watching the results of the contest closely to make sure we didn't miss anything!
Since print and internet are such different mediums, part of the selection process is finding Instructables will exceptional images and well-written text. Since any Instructable can be included, now is a great time to make sure your images are top-notch and maybe add a few more, if you can.
2008-09-01 Update: If your Instructable is in the top 50 sorted by user votes, you are definitely in the community choice section. Depending on how many of those 50 are included as full Instructables in the book, the community choice section may include more Instructables. We are working hard at getting everything organized and ready for the book launch in October.
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Jun 29, 2008. 9:45 PMGorillazMiko
says:
AWESOME! I'm SO going to be the first one to buy the book. *pushes Eric, Christy, Noah, everyone else at Instructables out of the way* *kicks Keith-Kid in the leg, grabs, throws him across the room* *pushes (extremely hard) caitlinsdad out of the way* Ahhh. It feels great to be 1st in line. Take that pizza eaters!!!
Feb 18, 2009. 4:20 AMbylerfamily
says:
*Grabs gorillaz mike,kicks him into cave,grabs first copy of instructables booK*.
LOL! I hope Eric does not banned you from Instructables!
Jul 8, 2008. 4:31 PMcomodore
says:
LOL!!! HAHAHAHA!!! You will be the first one to buy the book over my dead body! BUHUHUHAHAHAHA!!! *take my LED Filmacanister Flashlight and blind you whit it*
Jun 30, 2008. 10:50 AMKeith-Kid
says:
*Bites RocketScientist2015* *Kicks him with newly acquired orthopedic cast*
*force jumps, whips out lightsaber, lops off Keith's plastered limb*
Jun 30, 2008. 10:57 AMKeith-Kid
says:
*sigh* *Eats Rocketscientist2015 in one bite* Huh. Spicy. *sounds come from inside* Aw crap......
Jul 8, 2008. 3:25 AMmerseyless
says:
*transforms into Chuck Norris with a bb gun and bashes his way to the front* beat that!
Jul 8, 2008. 12:58 PMKeith-Kid
says:
My answer involves poop and RocketScientist2015......it's not pretty....
Stuff and nonsense:
<pun> "chucks" </pun>
him into black hole*
*meditates in the front of line*
- teleports on top of Chuck Norris, shoots keith kid with coil gun and throws DEAD body into black hole.*
<pun> "chucks" </pun>
him into black hole*
*meditates in the front of line*
Jul 8, 2008. 5:49 PMKeith-Kid
says:
*Goes away*
*Comes home*
*Comes home*
- Buys book online, has it delivered, the same day he orders it*
Aug 8, 2008. 8:21 PMmerseyless
says:
I do, you cant kill chuck norris using only his bare hands he claws his way out of the black hole an bb's everyone in the line.
Jun 30, 2008. 7:08 PMtech-king
says:
keith, remeber to brush your teeth lol. you know you shouldnt be eating meat before bed lol.
That was in an alternate reality, in our reality, see below.
*sets up a force shield keeping him in front, meditates*
Jun 30, 2008. 7:09 PMtech-king
says:
charges rail gun, producing high power em field that destabilizes rs's force feil, causing his field to explode. cue Oscar, to music.
Argh damn you! *Snaps out of meditation and incinerates Oscar with lightsaber while force chocking tech-king*
Jun 30, 2008. 7:15 PMtech-king
says:
oscar is fire-proof, remember? as to your chocking, i have a personal positive electrical field around me. anyone who touches me (fools) are grounded, thus getting electrical shocks.
Stuff and nonsense, a lightsaber burns through everything, and the force wouldn't get me shocked.
Jun 30, 2008. 7:24 PMtech-king
says:
you cant burn through asbestos! and fine. we go with plan B. Oscar throws lime on you. i spray you with garden hose. you vanish in a column of flame.
A lightsaber is pure energy, it goes through anything. Ana water hose does you no good when I've phased out of your dimension.
Jul 1, 2008. 4:01 AMtech-king
says:
the water hose itself wouldnt hurt you. the now wet lime would. pure energy is still energy. and i can transform it! for i am tech-king the almighty! and all energy can be transformed! *transforms energy from lightsaber into power for the tech-king industries plasma canons.
Whoopdi-doo. I always carry a spare... *nukes and EMPs Tech-King industries* *places an army in front of the line to hold his place*
Aug 10, 2008. 4:19 AMtech-king
says:
my building is in a farady cage... good luck with those emp weapons. and i have 20 interceptor missils and 10 rail guns all computer guided to shoot down nukes. and have i shown you my m-134s?
Jul 12, 2008. 11:14 AMn8man
says:
Lands in middle of army, Explodes, reforms with my awesome technology, and gets first copy.
Jul 12, 2008. 11:30 AMn8man
says:
*Realizes in all of this fighting that all of the copies have been destroyed and figures out that the explosion destroyed most of Texas, goes home and orders book online then has a revalation* Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! I destroyed the instructables servers, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 15, 2008. 9:57 AMn8man
says:
You aren't santa and I wasn't the worst in this contest. I only intended to destroy Rocket Scientist's army.
innocent whistle
innocent whistle
I just got in line in front of you...care to argue, hehe?
Jul 20, 2008. 3:19 PMorangesrhyme
says:
If it involves the record for skinniest comment, then yes.
Jul 20, 2008. 3:23 PMorangesrhyme
says:
Oh, right, my witty retort that others have been involving rail guns, cannibalism, and a number of other barbaric things with... Orangeshyme karate chops Keith's leg and uses the cast to severely dull mrfixits saw, then pulling his hood down so his eyeholes are useless, then tripping him backwards down a flight of stairs.
Luckily, mrfixits cat-like reactions enable him to backward somersault down the stairs, leaving the screaming Tesla CD Turbine saw (now acting more like a grinder, after that punch to the saw teeth), saving his place at the first of the Instructables Book lineup!
Jul 21, 2008. 6:13 PMn8man
says:
*I explode and destroy your saw then reform and send a homing missile after you (yes it's french)*
My exploding saw sends magnetic fragments from it's 54 neodymium disc magnets in all directions, confusing the homing beacon and sending the missle harmlessly away into a nearby school. (Fortunately for the school kids, school is out...permanently in this case!) Leaving me unscathed, still at the front of the Instructables Book line.
Jul 22, 2008. 9:22 AMn8man
says:
Uhh you know how I am a living intelligent bomb, welll that homing missile was living too and because your magnets hit it, it just got mad and wants to screw you over more.
Umm minor issue, what would you say is the best technique to get magnet fragments out of my left buttcheek, your exploding turbine was cool and all but I keep getting stuck to park benches and stuff...
Heh, sorry about that. The only solution is the "Hair of the Dog" technique. In this case, you'll have to back up to an electromagnetic crane at the local scrapyard. They'll understand...they get it all the time.
Damnit, they swapped to grab cranes only... Guess I'll just find a way to make use of it... *puts coils in his back pockets and hooks them up to a simple charge circuit... Success, butt power is achieved...
Hahaha, pretty cheeky!
Consider yourself on the leading edge of supermagnet research with your butt-powered generator.
This breast-powered one is hot on your heels, though! HARNESSING THE UNTAPPED POWER OF BREAST MOTION.
Under the circumstances, I'm willing to concede first place in line, especially if you can make light at night to read by while we are waiting.
Consider yourself on the leading edge of supermagnet research with your butt-powered generator.
This breast-powered one is hot on your heels, though! HARNESSING THE UNTAPPED POWER OF BREAST MOTION.
Under the circumstances, I'm willing to concede first place in line, especially if you can make light at night to read by while we are waiting.
That and I could just eat people to get to the front... All I can think about right now is a strobe light powered by my butt with shake shake it like a polaroid picture in the background...
Jul 22, 2008. 9:16 AMn8man
says:
I explode with a shockwave at a certain frequency that causes all of the jackalopes around the world to go crazy and kill themselves.
Ah well my pandalope and such spawn will be fine, as for me, not a problem, bird tweeters make the same noise, so darwinism fixed that little issue...
Jul 22, 2008. 9:29 AMn8man
says:
Did you forget about the pandalopes weak spot? I sent mini non exploding missiles to hit all of your pandalopes right in between the horns, mwuhahahaha the world in now rid of you freaky mutant creatures.
Umm Remember last time someone did that, most of the pandalopes horns jsut had missiles stuck in them for a while...
Jul 22, 2008. 9:40 AMn8man
says:
Between the horns there is a very important blood vessel that if popped will kill them. Oh yea I forgot *reforms after explosion*
Umm yeah, there was, except now the horns are so close together that it's protected with a thick sheet of bone, remember all jackalope derivatives strive to be as good looking and invincible as me...
Mrfixits notices that killerjackalope has dropped a copy of the books he took. Mrfixits picks it up, it's a copy of Mivart's "Happiness in Hell"1892, obviously hot off the press, but alphabetically before "Instructables Book" by one letter. Happy reading in Hell, Jack! We're back in line! Yeehaa!
Did it occur to you that I may be free to travel between the two realms, it's a little trick you get to have when you're an abomination...
Jul 22, 2008. 9:56 AMn8man
says:
You are not very invincible all I have to do is put a little poison in your drink and you fall over. Humans are very delicate.
Umm you picked the wrong guy to poison... I have this unique constitution, mainly made of a platinum alloy... And before you think of violence I have been blown up on several occasions, been through more than one wall and hit by several trucks, unscathed... However I have no problem helping you, though if you felt like taking a few of the wee critters off my hands more power to ya...
Aug 10, 2008. 4:26 AMtech-king
says:
wait a minute.. platinum alloy? kill him and sell the alloy lol.
Jul 22, 2008. 12:00 PMDerin
says:
hey,look there *walks innocently to front of the line,pushing RS,KK,KJ,n8man,mrfixits out of the way,takes all the books,drives away*
Jul 22, 2008. 12:32 PMn8man
says:
I exploded when you touched me. You are now a fried penguin.
Jul 22, 2008. 12:59 PMDerin
says:
Fortunately,Derinsleep has spare copies of himself ,he quickly changes to a spare copy,n8man has sacrificed itself for nothing,still in front of line,takes the books,gives a hundred bucks to ewilhelm,calls limo,drives away
Jul 22, 2008. 1:39 PMn8man
says:
Remember, once I explode I reform because I have awesome future tech.
Jul 23, 2008. 12:42 AMDerin
says:
puts n8man into fireproof box,throws box to blackhole,still in front of the line
Jul 23, 2008. 8:17 AMn8man
says:
I explode in the box desroying it and the shock wave throws you into the black hole.
Jul 24, 2008. 8:37 AMDerin
says:
grabs lamp pole,pulls self out of blackhole,uses portal closer to seal up blackhole,is still in front of line
Jul 24, 2008. 12:50 PMn8man
says:
I am in the front of the line and I will fry you penguin. *Grabs derinsleep, plucks feathers, sticks in deep frier and eats* Mmmmmmmmm. penguin.
Aug 30, 2008. 12:05 AMDerin
says:
oops i forgot,yes we do,but i dont,remember you plucking them?*puts on sweater,digs wardrobe for suit,hat and tie*
Jul 24, 2008. 1:10 PMDerin
says:
u still forgot my spare copies*transforms into spare copy,puts smoke bomb in front of n8man,puts out fuse,pushes into trashcan,hes
Jul 24, 2008. 1:32 PMn8man
says:
The fuse on my head is just for looks and the real fuse is inside me. *Sticks fried penguin into copy's mouth. Copy goes insane because it realizes it has become a canniball and craves penguin meat and kills all of the copies and eats them. I use the copy machine to make a bomb army then I destroy the copy machine and kill your last copy. I am now in the front of the line.
Jul 24, 2008. 2:20 PMDerin
says:
like you,i can duplicate myself,I had spare spare copies!*turns into spare copy,throws saltpeter and sugar on n8man,pushes n8man into the porthole of doom,buys all of the books,takes stand and leaves*
Jul 24, 2008. 2:54 PMn8man
says:
If I destroyed all of your copies and I destroyed you then how can you copy yourself?
Jul 25, 2008. 4:02 AMDerin
says:
i have spare copies of my spare copies of course.And they are angry at you.
All 1,254,253,458,647,565,245 of them.
All 1,254,253,458,647,565,245 of them.
Aug 8, 2008. 8:34 PMmerseyless
says:
and then i throw this magnet into the mix (strongest i can find on the internet.) and all of the clones are sucked into it and gone forever!
Aug 8, 2008. 8:46 PMmerseyless
says:
did i mention that thats a giants hand beside a giant penny
Haha, that is one big magnet...good thing it was not a Canadian penny 'cause it would be imbedded in your hand now!
Aug 29, 2008. 12:22 AMDerin
says:
they wont,however we turks do *sends H bomb at Iraq to end the life of pkk then throws shield at turkish soldiers before the explosion,loads soldiers into f16,throws completely armed soldiers at merseyless through the bomb hatch,DIE MERSEYLESS MUAHHAHAHAHAHAHA*
Aug 30, 2008. 8:51 PMmerseyless
says:
hmmm. your complete army of Turkish soldiers may be a bit crushed in one f16 *watches f16 crash at feet* sigh *pulls out 500kw laser (green)* now you die!
Jan 2, 2009. 9:22 AMDerin
says:
*Loads armed soldiers fresh from Iraq into 777 and makes them jump with a parachute,using their weapons on you on the way down*
Sep 3, 2008. 12:42 AMmerseyless
says:
*brings laser hard over derinsleep's head sending shards of glass deep into head and upper torso causing massive blood loss whilst sending a deadly cloud of gases around dirinsleep's head causing him to go blind and start to suffocate!* did i win?
Sep 3, 2008. 7:51 AMDerin
says:
no,*dies,turns into spare copy and cuts off merseyless' head off,then cuts merseyless into a pile of dirt,adds glass shards and gasoline,puts mix into cement mixer and throws match*
Sep 9, 2008. 3:36 AMmerseyless
says:
hmm. first off how can you copy when you are dead? do the dead bits come back to life? either way... *through the flames carresing the cement mixers bowels a sudden flash of neon green followed by an explosion sending shards of metal through derinsleeps quantum oddity rebuilt clone body causing the weak shadow of derinsleeps former self to collapse. and through the flames and the wreckage appears merseyless YOU CANT DEFEAT ME, BWAHAHAHAH. oh my turn is up. dang your turn!*
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