Atlanta Mini Maker Faire

Today Jeff and I headed down to Georgia Tech to check out the Atlanta Mini Maker Faire. It was a nice mix of robots, 3D printers, and other do-it-yourself crafts.

This was a neat home automation project using power over ethernet to control and power things. I liked how they were using recycled antique BlackBerry displays. Evidently you can get old BackBerrys for $1 each in bulk on eBay. See http://smg.tophi.net/  for more info on the project.

Remote-controlled robotic skateboard.

Someone trying it out... we gave her plenty of room.

Make your own drone.

Meet the Proteus 6xi. One day it will be able to see me and use radar so it won't run over me.

Cool stuff/art from Maker Joe.

There were at least 3-4 Artoo units running around.

You can't really have too many.

Lawnbot 400. What could possibly go wrong?

Alas The King of Pops was out of pops.  :(

Thing-O-Matic in action.

(I want a Thing-O-Matic.)

Very cool ceramic robots made by Michael Klapthor.

Panorama of the Georgia Tech campus on the way out.
(I'll have to post a larger version of this somewhere.)

Fatback andouille turkey

Meatball ground round pork, andouille spare ribs turkey corned beef short loin sausage pastrami ribeye tri-tip. Venison brisket drumstick, tongue pork strip steak cow tri-tip ribeye salami jowl shank beef chicken. Brisket tongue pancetta short loin spare ribs, ribeye ball tip. Venison pig meatball pork belly. Chicken pork andouille, pig tri-tip pork chop rump jerky t-bone bresaola ham drumstick turkey spare ribs strip steak. Tongue shank cow meatloaf turkey. Bresaola boudin fatback, jerky swine tail tenderloin meatloaf pork jowl salami chuck tri-tip venison.

Ham hock shoulder chuck short loin ground round rump. Brisket beef ham, pork loin corned beef salami jowl hamburger rump. Venison flank pork belly, pork chop shoulder swine chuck pancetta sausage biltong beef shankle ground round pork t-bone. Strip steak meatball ground round jerky venison meatloaf. Pastrami boudin pork jowl pig ground round. T-bone shoulder pork loin pork, tail biltong ribeye andouille tongue hamburger beef salami short ribs ground round flank. Meatloaf pork bacon hamburger tongue sausage, shank ball tip.

I'm not walking a mile for a Camel but...

Have you ever been shopping from something on Amazon and noticed that the price seems to change a lot? Especially if you're researching prices over a few days. I was whining about this to a good friend and he sent me to camelcamelcamel.com.



It's a really nifty site that lets you look at price history as well as set up alerts to let you know when something falls below a set price. Some items seem to stay level at a certain price and some items as seen above fluctuate daily. They have other sites for Newegg, BestBuy etc. It would be pretty cool if they combined it all in to one but I expect that's a bit more difficult to do since they all use different SKU #'s and such. In any case, it's definitely something I'll use again.

Rock Lobster!

SoundyThingie

SoundyThingie is a cool iPad app. (with a cool name)



Soundythingie Demo from kritzikratzi on Vimeo.

Good times.

Pogo Sketch Stylus

I picked up a Pogo Sketch stylus for $15 at Fry's this morning to use with my iPad (they are over with the cellphone stuff and in a tiny box that's kind of hard to find).



Even though I knew it would be small it seems even smaller when you try to use it. You write with a little fuzzy thing on the end that's maybe 1/4" in diameter. I was kind of surprised that you do have push down on it a little bit to write. You can't just gloss over the top. At first this seems annoying but it probably makes sense... you don't want it marking just because it is close to the screen (which sometimes happens with my finger). I kind of wonder how long this tip will last since you do have to mush it down a bit. It seems to make drawing little diagrams and marking stuff up a lot easier. It is also easier for highlighting text in Noterize since the tip of the stylus is smaller. I found this really hard to do with my finger... it seemed like I would highlight the wrong line or in-between two lines. With the Pogo I can actually highlight what I want. The plastic clip on it is made of shiny (and likely brittle) plastic. A lot of people have complained about this breaking off and I could see that happening. Looks like I can clip it on the inside of my Marware cover in the fold so it is out of the way and less likely to be destroyed.

My only gripe so far is that I wish they'd make it as long as a regular pen, or at least another inch or two longer.

$15 is probably a bit steep for what it is (you can find it for a bit less on Amazon and Noterize even gives you a discount direct from Pogo when you but their product). It does the job it's supposed to do so I'll use it for a while and see how it works out.

Streaming

Can you tell when I got Netflix?

Ft. Wilderness

Starting out today at the trading post before heading to the RV to join other bags for breakfast.

Caught in the storm...

Escaping the park just as the downpour begins...



I'm not sure I want to know what is behind the bag.

Upgraded to the Polar Patio

Two nice guys bring the bag food and drinks all day long... what bag could ask for more?

Back at Blizzard Beach

Looks like someone forgot the sunblock this time.

Base 21

The bag has good connections. Ahhh… AC.

Fish and Chips!

w/beer.

What all bags dream of.

A long time ago.. (minutes)

in a galaxy not so far away…

On the way to Hollywood (Studios)

We heard from the bag early today on the way to a Star Wars all-day event.

Hope it gets to meet Chewbacca.

(Note the sporty new "First Visit" button.)

Rescued!

Looks like the bag narrowly escaped the Yeti at Expedition Everest.

Thanks to a kind soul it was able to return unharmed.

Tiki Pinball for iPad

Very nice pinball for the iPad:



Tikis pop up in front of Big Kong on the Jungle Style table.

Link to the iTunes App Store

Good times.

It's about Time

Daylight Saving Time

http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/

DO NOT EAT! - Complete?

The jar is full!!



Our collection of silica gel started on Tuesday May 22, 2007.

You can see our progress chronicled here: http://agent317x.blogspot.com/search?q=silica

Thanks to all friends and coworkers that have contributed to this endeavor. I'm not really sure what happens next. Right now the overflow is going into a smaller jar until we discover Step 2.