Monthly Archive:: October 2008
The Artwork of Morgaine von Slatt
One of the reasons that I hesitate to use the word "artist" in reference to myself is the fact that I have a talented sister who embodies that cognomen. Today I have the singular pleasure of introducing you to the works of the very talented Morgaine von Slatt! Morgaine
Meredith is Live Blogging Maker Faire: Austin!
Lucky lucky Meredith Scheff is at Maker Faire Austin right now and she’s twittering everything she sees! You can follow her here or add satiredun on Twitter. A final, fantastic show by arc attack concludes maker faire: Austin 2008. about an hour ago I Cant tell you how happy
Countdown to Maker Faire:Austin- and a new guest blogger
It’s only two days until Maker Faire: Austin, and my mad scientist bones are a-tingling with excitement. I’m downright giddy. I know from previous experience that there is no straight forward way to cover the Mass Awesome that is Maker Faire- all I can ever do is run around like
DIY Vacuum Tubes
If you were popped out of the timestream and found yourself suddenly in the distant past, how much of our modern technology could you re-create? I’ve often thought that I could climb back to the vacuum tube era of the 1920s or so. Author H. P. Friedrichs has realized
Books: The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book is a straight-up children’s novel. I searched around Neil Gaiman’s shelf in the fantasy section of my local bookstore for quite a bit before thinking to check “Young Readers.” However, adults who enjoy Gaiman’s other work (especially Coraline) should not let this dissuade them from picking
On the road to Maker Faire: Airships in Albuquerque
On the road to Maker Faire: Austin I realized I was happening through Albuquerque just in time to see the largest gathering of hot-aired wind-bags since the Republican National Convention (ba-dum-ching!). But seriously, folks. I tried my best to channel my inner Ford Prefect and smooth talk my way onto
Tiny Tiny Steampunk Keyboard
While aimlessly wandering around the internet during my lunch hour today I was absolutely delighted to run across this tiny tiny steampunk keyboard made by Lizabeta! Have a look here for more information.
SPWS at Maker Faire: Austin!
I’m still wandering around the country, but on October 18th and 19th I will be wandering somewhere in particular- somewhere awesome. That place is, of course, Austin, for Maker Faire! Maker Faire in San Francisco was full of awesome- stuffed to the mechanical gills with projects, geeks, geeky projects,
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