25 October, 2008 (17:17) | DIY, Reviews, Stuff, Television

Well as you may know I am a big fan of Make: magazine. But now Make: is making (no pun intended) the jump from the printed page and the internet to Television. Starting in January Make:Television will make its premier. On a PBS station near you. By the looks of the preview Make:TV will be [...]
Tags: Make, Make Faire
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11 May, 2008 (20:07) | Events, Music, Stuff

Well the night time at Maker Faire 2008 not only brought fire but also Abney Park. If you’ve read my blog before your sure to know that I am a big Abney Park fan, and they are 50% to 70% of the reason I went to Maker Faire.
Tags: Abney Park, Culann's Hounds, Make Faire, Music
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10 May, 2008 (19:33) | Events, Stuff

At this years Maker Faire there was a strong Steampunk contingent. With Jake vonSlatt of the Steampunk Workshop, Abney Park, Libby Bulloff of Exoskeletoncabaret, Magpie Killjoy of Steampunk Magazine and others making an appearance.
Tags: Abney Park, heather gold, jake von slatt, jetpack, libby bulloff, magpie killjoy, Make Faire, Steampunk
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9 May, 2008 (20:06) | Events, Stuff

With any big meeting of tinkers there is going to be the guys who can’t stop themselves from making robots or other weird contraptions. And when there are robots there are fighting robots. I missed the robot combat but you will see in the pics below there are robots who will deal damage to humans.
Tags: dragrace, Make Faire, pinball, power tool, robbie the robot, Robot
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8 May, 2008 (19:12) | Events, Stuff

When night began to fall on Maker Faire there was a definite change. The night was pretty cold but it was easy to get warm. All you had to do was get near on of the fire sculptures.
Tags: Burning Man, Fire, Flaming Lotus Girls, Make Faire
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7 May, 2008 (19:41) | Events, Stuff

Because Maker Faire is all about things that people Make, be it practicable or just for fun, there was a large turn out of artist and their work. So today’s post covers some of the sculptures that were scattered here and there all over the fairgrounds.
Tags: Flaming Lotus Girls, Make Faire, Sculpture
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6 May, 2008 (19:27) | Stuff

A Mercedes Pens.
Make Faire turned out to be such a big event that I decided to break up coverage over the next several posts. I ended up taking over 200 pictures so it is taking me a while to sort thorough them all and weed out the crappy ones.
So up first we have the [...]
Tags: Carzy Cars, Make Faire
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