[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Jared on Make:

[Steve D.]

...And Congratss to Jared, for another Make: Blog appearance! Can't wait to see his machine in action at the Faire. 

Jeri's Fat Man and Circuit Girl video episodes have also been getting heavy play on the Make: site- some great high profile stuff from Portland Makers!

S


--- On Thu, 5/7/09, Steve D. <pxlkrz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Steve D. <pxlkrz at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] MakerFaire?
> To: "A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland,  or)" <dorkbotpdx-blabber at dorkbot.org>
> Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 9:09 PM
> Monty and I are flying down, we just got tickets last
> weekend. This will be our Fourth Maker Faire- I highly
> recommend anyone sitting on the fence to make it down. 
> 
> This time, I'll be presenting a talk (A much newer and
> improved version of the talk I last gave for our last
> Dorkbotpdx event)
> This also means I can buy discount tickets (total, one
> required per day) up to 6, for $10 each. This is quite a
> savings, so if you know for sure you are heading down, first
> e-mailed, first served!
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 5/7/09, Thomas Lockney
> <thomas at lockney.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Thomas Lockney <thomas at lockney.net>
> > Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] MakerFaire in
> Portland?
> > To: "A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland,
>  or)" <dorkbotpdx-blabber at dorkbot.org>
> > Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 5:25 PM
> > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Gintz, Travis
> > <TGintz at leviton.com> wrote:
> > > Wasn't there one in Austin? So there's
> been
> > one in Austin and San Fran...
> > > PDX is pretty big on makers... not just dorkbot,
> but
> > there's lots of
> > > crafters and stuff too...
> > 
> > Yes, Austin and SF are their two current locations.
> > They're talking
> > about doing one somewhere in Europe (London, maybe,
> > can't remember)
> > and I think somewhere on the east coast, too.
> > 
> > I totally agree about the crafters -- my wife crochets
> and
> > I've spent
> > tons of time in various yarn stores around town and
> almost
> > every time
> > there's at least one or two tables with a group of
> > people (both men
> > and women) working on projects. And seeing all the
> various
> > craft
> > stores, TechShop, the hobbiest community, bike
> builders,
> > DIY
> > punk-aesthetic types, home recording/experimental
> audio
> > folk (the
> > editor of Tape Op, the *best* recording mag out there,
> > lived in
> > Portland until very recently), etc... makes it pretty
> clear
> > this could
> > really work out if a serious effort was made to bring
> them
> > all
> > together.
> > 
> > ~thomas
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