The interwebs is full of hundreds of incredibly useful, inspirational and fascinating people. Here's my list of people and places that are worth checking out.
maker spaces of note:
maker spaces of note:
http://www.instructables.com/
http://makezine.com/
other weird and wonderful musical instrument makers:
http://www.moonmilk.com/
http://windworld.com/
http://www.inersouster.ca/
http://dennishavlena.com/
Blogs and sites of notable collections of interesting things:
http://chercheursdesons.hautetfort.com/
http://musicthing.blogspot.com/
http://foundmusic.blogspot.com/
www.oddmusic.com
http://www.johnberndt.org/oddstruments/index.htm