Arcy
Strummin' in the Rain
According to the Google Books ngram viewer, these crossed in about 1944. Prior to that "make due" was more common and "make do" was almost unknown. Since 1944 "make do" increased greatly in popularity and "make due" dropped, though the 2008 ends of the graphs are changing direction. The American English and British English corpuses show essentially the same results.Googling and reinforced in multiple replies: : "Make do is a verb phrase that means to use what’s available in non-ideal circumstances. Make do is the correct spelling. Make due is a historical variant that is no longer accepted."
https://books.google.com/ngrams/gra..._insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2008
FWIW: the ngram viewer doesn't show any instances of the term "nerd sniped" through 2009. I think it was coined in 2007 at https://xkcd.com/356/ and most recently demonstrated here, now.