Oh, and we thought it would be cool to make one for an iPad too, so that’s exactly what we did.

Step 1 – find a cool old book that fits your iPad / Kindle.

Step 2 – remove the pages, protect your iPad / Kindle with clingfilm and create sugru grips on each corner. We mixed green and black sugru to get a shade of green to match the trim on the book. Once the sugru grips are cured, you’ll be able to clip your iPad / Kindle in and out easily.

Step 3 – wait for the sugru cure, and 24 hrs later, you’ve got an awesome iPad case!

See the full step by step guide over on instructables and get searching for the perfect old book!

We know, it’s more than likely you’re nowhere near here
sugru people are all over the world (in 110 countries to be precise), here’s what the map of visits to sugru.com looks like.
Our customer map looks pretty much the same.

From the first time you come to the site, whether you’re in Singapore, Senegal or Swaziland, we want to make you to feel excited to get hacking or fixing and secure in buying your first pack of sugru from us. We can’t translate the whole site for everyone yet, but we thought one cool way to make a start would be to say hello in 227 different languages, and make sugru.com know which one to use for you.

But we’re not multi-linguists, we cheated and used google to help us with the translation.
So we’re pretty sure they’re not all going to be right!
Did we say ‘hello’ in the right way for you? Some are probably too formal, or too casual, or even a little bit weird – help us by telling us the right way to greet you!
In the comments below, on twitter or facebook, or by email to jane@sugru.com

Thank you!

PS Depending on where you are, your order will be shipped from one of our two disribution centres – one in the UK, and one in Michigan, USA.

Ok guys, are you spying on us?

First things first, tell us a little about yourself.
I work as a business writer and as a startup consultant helping companies to get off the ground. My most recent effort is at Forbes to explore how the maker community is driving innovation and opportunity around the world. I did a roundup post of all the cool Maker Business stories in 2011 at Make, too.

Tell us more about your new book and why you’re writing it. Who it’s for?
You know, Jane, so many makers ask me all the time whether they should turn their passion or their dream into a company.  I almost always say yes, but it isn’t easy – it always, always hinges on finding customers.  Most makers and business owners work the hardest on marketing and sales.  This book is aiming to uncover what made it possible for companies like Makerbot, Adafruit or Sparkfun to be a success. What are their stories?
People are looking for alternatives to “regular jobs” – and that’s partly because they can’t find them, but I believe it is something deeper. More and more people are beginning to question “Am I doing something meaningful with my life?” People want to contribute something to the community around them. Sometimes that’s online; just as often it is in a local community of neighbors, in real life.

My goal with this book is to talk with the maker/hacker founders – people like Bre Pettis from MakerBot Industries, Limor Fried at Adafruit, Rick Pollack at MakerGear, Eric Wilhelm at Instructables, yourself and many people you or I have never heard of but who are doing fundamentally good work that supports other makers. What are their secrets, more or less, to driving awareness and building a business?

You’re crowdfunding on Kickstarter at the moment to publish the book. If others in the sugru community are interested, how can they help or get involved?
It’s a big effort to put out a quality book. And although I’ve helped many others produce their own, this is my first. If people like the project, I’d love them to become a backer.
Just as importantly, though, is the connection to others in the sugru community. Since writing about sugru on Forbes, I’ve met tons of interesting people doing creative and useful projects with your invention. If people think the book would be useful but can’t back it with dollars, then sharing it socially is super valuable and appreciated.

To talk to TJ about the book or anything else, connect with him on twitter @TJMcCue or via his blog on Forbes.com

Last question – what’s your favourite sugru hack?
It is an ultra-simple one – I built a new handle for my garbage can lid that broke off! Saved me $50 for a replacement can. Plus, I protected the corners on my mobile phone. It’s not pretty, but it works when I drop it!

This is a hack that works amazingly well – and can bring a whole new lease of life to an old favourite jacket, bag or pair of boots. Watch the movie to see just how easy it is!

“I fashioned a macro lens for my phone! I got all excited about it & now I’ve made a how-to so you can do it too.  I used some bits of a broken lens (lucky I don’t chuck stuff out) and sugru – it was a quick & easy project.”

And the results look amazing! Check out this close up photo she took with it!

Kirsty’s how-to makes this look super easy…

You can see more of Kirsty’s projects at her blog and follow her on twitter @kootoyoo

To make this project easy to do at home, we’ve made a full step by step here on gurus, and an A4 printable PDF version shown below that you can download and print – How to make all toys LEGO-compatible with sugru.

Enjoy!  And for more sugru ♥ LEGO inspiration, have a look at this little film we made

And it’s super super easy too.

How cool is this? You can use LEGO to mount everything from cables and earphones to your computer, to your car keys inside the door when you get home.

We know lots of you are excited about doing this, so we’ve made a full step by step here on gurus, and made this printable version shown below that you can download and print -  A4 PDF sugru and LEGO USB cable desk tidy step-by-step.

Enjoy!  And for more sugru ♥ LEGO inspiration, have a look at this little film we made

We’ve gone a bit LEGO crazy around here since we got inspired by the hair people were making for their lego men and when we discovered how well sugru bonds to the little bricks. First we got excited by making a little film, and now we want to help you get stuck in.

So we’ve made some printable step-by-steps to get you going.

This is the first of of 3 sugru ♥ LEGO printables we’ll be posting in the coming week.
Perfect little projects to do on the cold days over the holidays.

Have a look at the full step-by-step on gurus, or download this A4 printable shown above Transform any pen into an awesome LEGO character using sugru PDF, print it out and get cracking!

PS If you’re giving sugru as a gift this Christmas, and the person is a LEGO fan, you might like to include the printables with the pack too, they could be an awesome way of getting a new sugru user off to a great start!

Take 20 mins out to watch it, it’s inspiring.

(via awesome sugru user Ruben – thanks!)