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Austin’s Burning Clock

Last night, Austin had a beautiful, community-grown New Years Eve celebration. Austin Bike Zoo, ArcAttack!, and others came out with improvements to their already-great shows, and the new star was a working, 34-foot wooden clock tower. Filled with resolutions, it later became a work of fire art. Here’s my favorite slideshow, via zAdventure on Flickr: […]

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Austin Event: Nerdcore Rising

This Friday, MC Frontalot himself will be at the Austin premiere of Nerdcore Rising. Tickets and more info here. Whether you’re in Austin or not, enjoy this MC Frontalot music video from a documentary on text-based gaming:

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Best of Maker Faire: Austin Underground’s films

I understand Maker Faire Austin is done and gone, but I’m still thinking about how much fun it was. Over the next week or 2, I’ll continue to share some highlights from the most make-tastic event Austin’s ever seen. Thanks to Austin Underground for this great video highlighting some of the more interesting vehicular creations […]

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Austin Event: East Austin Studio Tour

Austin Event: East Austin Studio Tour

This weekend, East Austin’s many studios open up: I’m going to run around like a madman trying to see them all. Here are a few of those that I’m most excited about (images via eastaustinstudiotour.com): 1. Metal Arts Coop 2. Bleep Labs 3. Metamorphosis Arte I hope to see you out there!

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Austin bike zoo’s moving stage

Lest anyone think that Austin Bike Zoo is taking a break after Maker Faire, here’s some footage of them at a Halloween ride: Austin Texas Critical Mass 31 October 2008 from kevin on Vimeo. (via Austin Texas Bike stuff)

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