Howard Wen

Howard is a freelance writer who has written for oreillynet.com, salon.com, playboy.com, and Wired, among others.

Author of these Magazine Articles

Mall Living
Artist Michael Townsend and his wife Adriana Yoto lived in a mall, rent free, for four years.
From MAKE: 14: Optics page 34

Tech-Nomading From Shore to Ship
Twenty-three years ago, Steven Roberts went on a bike trip and never returned.
In Maker from MAKE: 06: Robots page 28

Video Podcasting
Producing TV shows on the cheap.
In DIY: Computers from MAKE: 06: Robots page 123

Toolbox
The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites.
In Toolbox from MAKE: 05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 172

Game Systems to Go
Portabilizers take apart video game systems and turn them into portable gaming units.
From MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween page 81

R2-DIY
The galaxy's most lovable robot inspires its fans to clone him.
From MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment page 160

Taking the "Video" Out of Video Game
Most people program video games. Niklas Roy built one, literally. The 30-year-old from Berlin, Germany constructed a fully mechanized facsimile of one of the grand-daddies of video games, Pong.
In Q & A from MAKE: 01: Make Premiere page 158

View our sites
Craft Maker Shed Store Maker Faire Make: television


Important please read

Search the pages of MAKE

Raves for MAKE!

“Now we've got geek DIY (do it yourself) porn. Just as would-be Emerils pore over lushly illustrated cookbooks with recipes involving hard-to-find morels and complicated instructions for roux, Tom Swift wanna-bes are devouring MAKE.”
— Steven Levy, Newsweek

“...O'Reilly Media recently launched what has already become the bible of this new movement, a magazine called MAKE.”
— Daniel Roth, FORTUNE

“If you're the type who views the warnings not to pry open your computer as more a challenge than admonition, MAKE is for you.”
— Rolling Stone

“One of the most innovative magazines I've seen in a long time.”
— Steve Riggio, CEO Barnes & Noble

“The kind of magazine that would impress MacGyver”
— Marcus Chan, San Francisco Chronicle


More Raves for MAKE

Subscribe

Subscribe to MAKE Magazine!