One of my favorite parts of Maker Faire are all the great people that stop by the Craft booth. I was pleasantly surprised when one guest stopped by to show me a Captain Mal, from Firefly, amigurumi plush (via Yarnydoom) his friend Megann Skilton made. Megann couldn’t make it to Maker Faire Bay Area, so […]
I so love and admire the work of Jeffrey and Jillian of Because We Can. They trade in wonder. Everything they do is infused with at least a little (or a lot of) pixie dust. I met them at the first Maker Faire Austin, when they presented their CNC-built art mini golf course, and I was in awe of the creativity and ingenuity in evidence. At the latest Maker Faire Bay Area, true to form, they presented a talk on The Secrets of Secret Doors. So cool.
When I first pulled up this snazzy looking clutch post on my computer, I was confused … “Why does it say ‘poopy clutch?’ Is that a typo?” And then I realized, this wasn’t some super classy clutch for a night on the town, it’s a beautiful and practical clutch for holding diapers and wipes for […]
Given the responsibility of creating a photo booth for an annual work party, Pete Prodoehl from Rasterweb decided he wanted to use Sparkbooth, an Adobe AIR-based application that can turn a computer into a photo booth. Normally, a partygoer activates the software by pressing the spacebar on a keyboard. However, in order to simplify the […]
Our friends over at Geek Crafts have just unveiled a new logo, and are hosting a “Name the Geek” contest to give her a proper moniker. You can enter your suggestion by leaving a comment over on their site, and the winning name gets an epic prize pack, including (among other things) a Jayne Cobb […]
Our friends at FORA.tv, who do such a wonderful job of covering the talks at Maker Faire, have released the videos of Mike Rowe and Adam Savage’s presentations. Next week, they’ll be releasing the Center Stage talks as well (which included talks by Massimo Banzi, David Brin, and Chris Anderson). If you were at the […]
Retired high school art teacher Dolores Duenez makes interesting (and slightly unnerving) planters out of antique doll heads. A few years ago, I was given a box of unfinished doll heads from a doll maker’s estate sale. I used some of the heads for still-life set ups in the classroom, and the rest I placed […]
