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• Your editor should have mentioned on the show that you're published by O'Reilly. Colbert would have loved that!

  Really great concept and magazine, and well done blogging about the TV appearance right away. Good luck!
  

  Posted by: mr_mason on March 6, 2007 at 10:07 PM

• oreilly that publishes MAKE has nothing to do with bill oreilly on fox.

  Posted by: philliptorrone on March 6, 2007 at 10:08 PM

• Mostly because the other "Papa Bear" O'Reilly would not support this "Anti-American activity of making things ourselves. Refusing to cow-tow to the corporations? HERESY!

  Posted by: eccramer on March 6, 2007 at 10:15 PM

• I think he was making a funny, Phillip!

  I nearly peed in fear when I clicked on the "Welcome" banner up front and was surprised by that eagle scream.

  Congrats on the publicity coup. Nearly everyone I explain MAKE to immediately groks the concept and loves the idea. Now you've got millions more in your grasp!

  I'll catch the appearance on the repeat tomorrow.

  Stefan

  Posted by: sej@aol.com on March 6, 2007 at 10:20 PM

• actually phil, oreilly is the anti-oreilly

  Posted by: tenax8 on March 6, 2007 at 10:52 PM

• Come embellish the entry for Mark on Wikiality

  http://www.wikiality.com/Mark_Frauenfelder

  Posted by: El_Payo on March 6, 2007 at 11:11 PM

• apart from always thinking mark was adorable, when the mouse ran off the table and broke, his face was PRICELESS. my heart just broke in two. like seeing a cute old man lost downtown, just looking for his wife. so sad....

  but bravo on the colbert appearance. one of my favorite magazines on one of my favorite shows. tops last nights ice cream flavor episode (why doesn't ben and jerry's ever think of the lactose intolerant? yeah, we have 3 kinds of sorbet, but we want something with chunks, swirls, and a political agenda)

  Posted by: smegsteward on March 6, 2007 at 11:22 PM

• Anyone else think he looked REALLY nervous? He's such a geek, But I love it. :P

  Posted by: mrdoody55 on March 7, 2007 at 4:23 AM

• You guys spelled 'heroes' wrong.

  Posted by: Cupajo on March 7, 2007 at 6:38 AM

• "You didn't build a robotic mouse --- you built a robotic lemming!" Too funny.

  And did the Colbert staff reimburse Mak for the busted robot, or what?

  He totally should have whipped out a cordless soldering iron and fixed it right in front of him.

  Posted by: Grier on March 7, 2007 at 6:43 AM

• Here's the video, for anyone who missed it.

  Posted by: BrianSawyer on March 7, 2007 at 6:57 AM

• The planets must have all been aligned last night... My favorite magazine on one of my favorite TV shows. Great interview. Thanks for the flickr posts too.
  Kudos. (and Mark managed to escape without being "nailed" ;)

  Posted by: cyenobite on March 7, 2007 at 8:47 AM

• You were great on the show last night. Your enthusiasm carried through the screen and even Stephen seemed in awe. You seem like a very warm and genuine guy :) Oh, and your robots are cool, too.

  Posted by: ElaineVigneault on March 7, 2007 at 10:36 AM

• great show. Colbert actually seemed interested in it. I thought he was going to rip the guy apart :)

  good exposure for the magazine though.... popular sci/poptronics/servo haven't gotten that much exposure (although mythbusters and VEX robotics got some exposure)

  Posted by: Frodus on March 7, 2007 at 10:41 AM

• Colbert is right - CAMP MAKE!!!
  Come on- how great would it be?!
  Dibs on instructing the GPS/GIS/Orienteering course!

  
  

  Posted by: MielkePhil on March 7, 2007 at 10:48 AM

• we have camp make, it's the maker faire! http://www.makerfaire.com

  Posted by: philliptorrone on March 7, 2007 at 10:50 AM

• Adorable!!

  Posted by: amybean on March 7, 2007 at 11:01 AM

• I'm so happy for Mark! This was the first time I saw Colbert really have some fun! Way to make us proud! ;-)

  Posted by: bonniegrrl on March 7, 2007 at 11:55 AM

• Thanks for putting up the segment video. That was sweet!

  Remember that underneath his suit, Colbert is a geek. A former D&D nerd, and who knows what else.

  Posted by: sej@aol.com on March 7, 2007 at 12:08 PM

• So, did you leave the marshmallow guns for the show staff to play with?

  That was an awesome clip.

  Posted by: mrbill on March 7, 2007 at 1:46 PM

• OH MAN was that great! Colbert genuinely didn't have a clue about how to play the interview! Lemmingbot was a great touch too. Cheers.

  Posted by: nwcstledrinkr on March 7, 2007 at 2:06 PM

• That "eagle scream" is really a Red-tailed Hawk...but the sound gets used for everything from eagles to turkey vultures circling in old westerns.

  Still, it was fun to have an excuse to add a bird call to the site! :-)

  Posted by: terrie on March 7, 2007 at 2:40 PM

• And I thought it was cool when my handwriting was on the Colbert Report. Nice to see you/Make getting some recognition.

  Posted by: mikehulsebus on March 7, 2007 at 4:33 PM

• That was a fun clip. Mark is my favorite voice on the boingboingboing podcast. Keep on rockin' in the free world.

  Posted by: NineInchNachos on March 7, 2007 at 5:50 PM

• Though you did well Mark, but O'Reilly need to pack you off to PR school:

  A couple of lines you can try when people ask what Make is:
  "Make is the magazine Macguyver would read, if he was taking a break from saving the world"
  "Make is a magazine for anyone who wanted to use the High School shop tools after hours"

  I'm sure there are other suggestions, but a one liner might be good to pitch the magazine. Then you can whip out Mousie the Junkbot (But next time get them to turn the lights off and bring a flashlight :) He's much more fun that way)

  Posted by: zephram on March 7, 2007 at 7:13 PM

• Wow. That went really well. Nice job.

  Posted by: JeremyHarper on March 8, 2007 at 8:24 PM

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