Saturday, April 22, 2006
Two Group Events
Jane and I pretended to be joiners today and took in two group events:
Member Appreciation Day at SFMOMA. We had wanted to see the "Surreal Calder" exhibit anyway, so we attended today. The member events included a "Jewelry Trunk Show" in which Jane bought earrings by Mark Poulin (these) and Susan Fleming (similar to these). We also attended a half-hour docent talk and got a free beverage at the cafe. The crowd had a nice vibe to it.
The Maker Faire sponsored by O'Reilly (the publisher, not the pundit). With huge attendance, it felt like a hipster-geek county fair, right down to the corndogs. Among the many fun things, we met Bryan Kennedy who runs the Mobile Movie in Berkeley (sadly, he's moving to Boston) and Kim Pederson who runs the famous backyard monorail in Fremont, California. I got to say thanks to the people at ifixit, whose instructions I used when upgrading my iBook, and got to see (but not shake hands with) the guy who implanted RFID chips in his own hands. We also enjoyed seeing all the unusual bicycles ridden around the open spaces -- including one that looked like Harry Potter's broom. We arrived at the best thing last -- the room full of broken electronics, tools, parts, and junk, waiting to be taken apart and reassembled into new and exciting machines. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to create anything.
Member Appreciation Day at SFMOMA. We had wanted to see the "Surreal Calder" exhibit anyway, so we attended today. The member events included a "Jewelry Trunk Show" in which Jane bought earrings by Mark Poulin (these) and Susan Fleming (similar to these). We also attended a half-hour docent talk and got a free beverage at the cafe. The crowd had a nice vibe to it.
The Maker Faire sponsored by O'Reilly (the publisher, not the pundit). With huge attendance, it felt like a hipster-geek county fair, right down to the corndogs. Among the many fun things, we met Bryan Kennedy who runs the Mobile Movie in Berkeley (sadly, he's moving to Boston) and Kim Pederson who runs the famous backyard monorail in Fremont, California. I got to say thanks to the people at ifixit, whose instructions I used when upgrading my iBook, and got to see (but not shake hands with) the guy who implanted RFID chips in his own hands. We also enjoyed seeing all the unusual bicycles ridden around the open spaces -- including one that looked like Harry Potter's broom. We arrived at the best thing last -- the room full of broken electronics, tools, parts, and junk, waiting to be taken apart and reassembled into new and exciting machines. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to create anything.
