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...
