Fun Archives - Dave Margulius

For A Fun, Educational Project, Build This Cardboard Pinball Machine

What can America do with its mountains of recycled cardboard? Make educational toys, that’s what! Last week, in Burlington, Vermont,

Looking to swim laps in the East Bay? We have some awesome pools here. Here’s my roundup so far, after trying

“The frame of mind of the young hitchhiker is one of the freest frames of mind there is,” Stewart Brand

Want a model railroad layout inside your house that takes up almost no space and is barely visible? Got a

Since moving to Berkeley, where I have more space, I’d been thinking I really needed a trophy wall of some

While looking around a local architectural salvage yard in search of something to use as a hanging pot rack, I ran

Let’s face it – you need a break from the firehose of decisions, meetings and stress that comes with being

In 2005 I bought and had a brief infatuation with a type of antique railroad signal called a ‘wig-wag’. With some

This article was originally published in the New York Times in 2003, as part of a series I did for their ‘Circuits’