As always, Maker Faire was sensory overload: chock-full of amazing creativity and crafty-ness, packed with people, and a dream for photographers.
The photos are now on Flickr.
Maker Faire 2011
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Maker Faire 2010
The Bay Area’s Maker Faire gets bigger every year, and despite the hefty crowds, it’s well worth the trip.
I was there today with Scott & some friends and despite being there from open to close, we still didn’t see everything there was to see. You can find everything from robots and tesla coils to musicians and chickens. I saw a DIY butter making station, a human-powered merry-go-round, a bunch of art cars (shades of Burning Man?), the awesome Eepybird.com guys, and WAY more than I could possibly list here.
What’s sticking with me the most was the steampunk stuff. I’ve been aware of steampunk for a while now in a casual way but after checking out several of the substantial steampunk displays at Maker Fair I’m very impressed.
I’ve got some photos from today up here.
Maker Faire
Heading out with Scott to check out the show. Should be fun! I’ll post pix if I get any good ones.
UPDATED: We’re back. Had a great time, here’s a few highlights:
Adam Savage from Mythbusters, taking about his life of making things. I like the show but hearing Adam speak in person and show some of the many non-Mythbusters things he’s done increased my respect for him significantly.
What a cool guy! A true creative geek in the best possible sense of the word.
Those guys from YouTube did a live … performance(?) …. of their demented yet oh so cool pairings of Mentos & Diet Coke.