Hey kids, don't try this at home!
by Owen Thomas
Nov 01, 2023
3 minutes
As children, my younger brother and I inherited decades’ worth of do-it-yourself magazines: Popular Mechanics, Science & Mechanics, Popular Science. They exemplified the heyday of backyard projects, before panicked legal departments finally clamped down. And while we never built a one-person hovercraft out of a lawn mower, we were certain that we could have, if not for parents who lacked vision.
Instead we developed what some might call a cavalier attitude toward technology. I prefer “empowered.”
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