Maker Faire, or Burning man how-to

Posted: May 19th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: 50StateRide, maker faire | 3 Comments »

With a little love of French I look at the word Faire and think “to do” or “to make”, so it’s a great pun for a get together focused on making (brought to San Mateo by Make Magazine)

I talked to a ton of great people and got some great ideas. I’m certainly excited to move to SF. What a great introduction to the tinkerers in the area (and beyond).

I’m going to be on the road for a while without an upload point, so there may not be any new pics for a while.

Below is a list of some of the people I talked to and stuff that I saw, mainly for me to remeber, but definitely worth checking out. If you got a card and aren’t on this list, remind me because I probably lost the tiny piece of paper.

In no special order (the order the pieces came out of my pocket):

The Crucible: Have you ever seen a two-wheeled motorcycle with a car engine and a motorcycle drive? How about a BMW one? Now, how about a bio-diesel Bonneville-ready BMW-powered behemoth? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

At the Talk to a Hacker booth Google Maps Hacks I talked with Rich the author about mapping specifically about handling large amounts of data. I want to learn more about the XML processing built into Google Maps. If only I had had this when I started my maps page.

Schedule a Tour of the Stanford Linear Accelerator

Instructables: I didn’t talk to Dan, but I found his card. I think he’s the one who made the led bike and slider controlled LEDs.

Tech Shop: I think this is a dream come true. They have tons of tools and specialty equipment that members can use to make stuff. Now I don’t need to buy that CAD laser cutter, I can borrow one instead… Just think, way cooler stencils.

ReadyMade:I asked Alex about visiting the office to see the magic (if it’s anything like Rolling Stone it’ll probably look like an office with well dressed people and computers).

Lulu Book printing: Way more options than the unsatifactory Qoop. When I get back from all this motorcycle madness, get ready for a custom book…

Blinky Bugs: LEDs are so cool, Jen this one’s for you.

Fossil Fool / Down Low Glow: Bike stereos and lights

Derek from UCSD, I didn’t get your contact info, so once I hear from you I send you info on my party timelapse.

San Francisco Center for the Book: They had a plate printing demo. I thought the photo-reactive sheet was really cool.

Google Sketch-up: I talked to a guy named Brian who works with the 3D Warehouse in the Boulder office. He said the best way to find an internship would be through a professor.

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