I'm soo envious right now.
Looks like you had a great time. Love the 170 mpg car too.
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I'm soo envious right now.
Looks like you had a great time. Love the 170 mpg car too.
That was a blast! Got to meet the boss and some of our resident modders (Airbozo and Omega) all of which were hella-cool guys. Jimmy Kimmel made it through the building at some point. Saw so much weird technology and live performances my head was spinning. Partied with the Microsoft Team (those folks were hilarious!) and had dinner on Bill Gates. Played Doom3 on Doom3 and flight sim 4 on a triple-monitor setup... Hell, what else could you ask for?
Oh yeah, saw lots of CNC lazer and plasma cutters, and a 12' tall set of Tesla coils....bitchin!
It 's all ok.
Love the pics. +repQuote:
I'm just waiting for Crimson to put up that picture of my mom... =/
I think I have a good idea of where I'm gonna go for vacation next year...
My BIG thanks to Jonathan and Terry for coming to the Faire with me--Two of the most friendly, helpful and fabulous gentlemen I've met within our little modding community.
Say Cheese!!! jdbnsn@ maker faire smiling about the Cheese Grater incident. (we shall say no more)
Stealthness:
The Robo Bartender! mixes drinks via software:
MMmm...corndogs... :drool:
Haha..While Omega was searching the grounds for us, his mom just figured Hey..he's at the Microsoft Booth...she founds us first ;)
And then he showed up...
On the right, our awesome host from Microsoft, Jacqueline:
MMmmm...Funnel cakes... ::drool:
Pedal-powered thingamabobs:
You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. But you can pick this guy's nose:
But you have to run on a gerbil wheel to do it....
Some sort of chainsaw powered chopper:
Metal sculpture:
Doom fun:
Oh man, that looks great. I sure hope they have another, i'll definately fly out if I can. Get to meet the crew! :D
-Dave
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Originally Posted by DaveW
jdbnsn, airbozo and I were havinin' a beer at the Angus Steak House and thinking of you! We'll get you here sooner than later ;)
I got on the Maker Faire website it said they were having another in Texas.
My question is are all of these cool expos usually in Cali?
I mean we have a state craft fair but it is saddd. Bunch of old ladies knitting. :D
. . and Kids with Popsicle sticks.
What are the Must see shows and where do they have them?
I'd Google it but I don't know what to type in.
Wanted to post up some of the pics I took. I don't want to duplicate, but here goes my story;
Here is the mouse wheel driven nose picker. Notice it is for sale. If I had the room and money I would love to buy that thing and piss off all the neighbors!
Ok, I like this guys work! He has created many robot style vehicles with that Mad Max theme;
I really wanted to ride this one...;
One of my favorite, uhm, Grill Mods, the incredible "Redneck Pool Heater";
This next set are of a cool looking 2 way projector mod. The first picture shows what is on the table. Some paper made into shapes is really all that is there. You can see in the first pic, the paper, plus some cars projected on the paper;
Which is also seen by a camera and interjected into the "game world" and the paper shapes are interpreted as obstacles in the "game world", that the vehicle has to navigate over or around. This is a shot of the monitor and what the "driver" sees;
Here are a couple of shots of the life size mouse trap game. We saw someone almost get taken out by the bowling ball when they were setting up...;
OK and here is a picture we had one of the visitors take. All we wanted was a group shot and this guy we asked to take the picture got all "professional Photographer" on us. Took him almost 10 minutes to take 2 pictures because he was too worried with what the background was like, the color temperature, white balance and all sorts of other details. I think I shouted something like "just push the button already, my hair is getting grayer by the minute". This is what he took (from the left; Paul, Me, jdbnsn);
That's all the pics that came out for me. I did take some more, but the settings on my camera got dorked (my fault with the fat thumb syndrome), and the rest are out of focus...
Hahaha! That must be the second picture he took, do you all get the sense that we were about to snap by the looks on our faces?
Yeah, you all look a little annoyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdbnsn
Yes that was the second pic he took and I was ready to snatch the camera out of his hands and let the 12 YO next to him take the shot.. In the first one I blocked out Doom3 so I tossed that one.
Hehe funny story; The wife wanted me to "dress up" with a professional button up collared shirt so I wouldn't "stand out". Her; "You don't want to make a bad impression with Paul do you?" Me; "No, that's why I am NOT dressing up... We're modders not investment bankers!"
Cool beans!
i soooooooo want to come to the next faire, if i have more notice and got money/holidays left to take i will DEFFFF come.
Im sooo jellous now
nice!...my lazy eyes makes it appear one is looking at the camera and another towards Brooklyn. I was exhausted!
sounds like you all had a good time then. whens the next one your doing? Do you know or isn't it a regurlar thing you do?
Hehe That's why I wear glasses! The glare hides the wandering eye...
BTW; That eye was looking toward the pacific, not atlantic ocean...:eek: :D
I'll second that I'll meet up with you at an airport and we can fly out together lolQuote:
Originally Posted by DaveW
-gaz
i third
Aww thanks guys! Hope you had one for me! :DQuote:
jdbnsn, airbozo and I were havinin' a beer at the Angus Steak House and thinking of you! We'll get you here sooner than later
-Dave
Buck we can invade the US? I will bring a esky full of cold ones and wear my John Deere thongs.
I'm in! I'll bring the hookers and Lagerphone.Quote:
Originally Posted by simon275
Best. Invasion. Ever.
TBCS @ Maker Faire 2007 is starting to show up on the web :) Post Links if ya find 'em.
I forgot to show you some stuff from the Faire. Among the many cool devices running there, I saw many CNC cutters and 3d printing machines. Here is a piece of wood that was printed in a 3D lazer printing machine, it measures 2" X 2.5" and took about 1 minute to print. Hope you can see how amazingly detailed it is...
Crimson made Airbozo and I these kickin' business cards for helping him set up...
me and bro+1 will be comming next year, £2600 for nthe trip plus las vegas visit.
LOL. I almost choked on my sandwich when I read that!Quote:
Originally Posted by simon275
+Rep for the giggle!
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Originally Posted by DrumThumper
:banana:
aww no videos of the doom3 mod @ makers faire; just pictures.
One day I will travel to Amercia and check out all the cool stuff New Zealand misses.
Dang, I really want one of those aztech mahjiggers. I wonder if you could buy them somewhere? Would be cool to show off to family and friends! ...yep! only took one minute to make! lol craziness
gee the URL engraved on the thinger mahjigger might be a clue where to get one ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SnowFire
Subtle. I like it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crimson Sky
hehe
BTW thanks for the cigar, both the wife and I enjoyed it!
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Crimson Sky
Thats not funny man! :p
Video showed up on Systm:
http://revision3.com/systm/maker07
No computer case mods though; but some cool gadgets.
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Originally Posted by Crimson Sky
about as subtle as a sledge hammerQuote:
Originally Posted by Airbozo
I can't wait for next year, especially if I get to go as TBCS staff or something like that (assuming I get to go / the modcast project goes through [it probably will] / TBCS is there).
I would love one of those lasers. So much. Hell, I should get a TechShop membership just for modding stuff, nevermind Robotics and the like.
Wow..I'm right up there with Wozniak with this guy.... LoL
I saw these pics while surfing around and they cracked me up. If you look just to the right of the blast door LCD screen, you'll see me in my standard position. Ready to jump over the table and slap people trying to fiddle with all the neat little buttons. Doesn't look like I move around much eh?
this would be so cool to go, but no chance in hell would my parents let me go to something in CA, betteryet, no chance going anyware with all the school=( if i was like outta college ide defintly go if i had the funds, but im only 12=(
Well, I've met the Woz (in atlanta months before the Maker Faire) and PC, PC was definitely the more social of the two.
But then again, at the other event, the Woz was a judge and had places to be and **** to do, whereas Paul was really just fiddling around on the computers from what I saw.
o wate this happene d alredy, STUPID ME
