my commute and the Maker Faire

May 20, 2007 at 7:26 PM
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I often drive to or from work and think what a beautiful commute it is. I can see the ocean, the bay, and Chrystal Lake as well as many undeveloped hills. Today on our way to the Maker Faire I tried to take photos of the commute, since I wasn't driving.

The Maker Faire was, as Kevin said, loud, but I think part of the problem wasn't just the decibal level but the fact that there was a lot of DIY "music" aka "random sounds". The music machine thing in the crafts pavillion was definitely much louder then it needed to be. Part of the spirit of the faire is to make things yourself and really get your hands dirty. We went a bit too far with that when I helped E. at a make-your-own-marker table. I don't know why I assumed that just because the thing was ostensibly for kids that they would have thought to use water soluble dye. I now have a very orange thumb. (What do you mean we're out of Lava soap?)

We did enjoy seeing the robot fight competition. I had never seen that before. We saw one robot with a flame thrower that burned out it's opponent and a bunch with wedges but one that could flip itself and over. In the MicroSoft pavilion R. made an application (in about 10 minutes) and got a free thumb drive. We saw a demo of something where a camera recorded depth and color of objects on a table and incorporated it in a game with 3d cars.

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my commute and the Maker Faire

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