We get excited about cool technology, and nothing is more exciting then technology improvisation and personal creation. Bob Parks has covered the quirky, fascinating personalities behind the latest technologies. His feature articles have apeared in “Make”, “Wired”, “Outside”, and “Business 2.0”. His new book [Makers: All Kinds of People Making Amazing Things in Their Backyard, Basement, and Garage|http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/makers/] available from [O’REILLY|http://www.oreilly.com/], is packed full of people doing their own cool stuff with technology.