A Day at the Faire

In the last Weekly Robot Update I mentioned the Maker Faire. Dan Huard and Kevin Rose, TechTV alumni and thebroken hosts, have released the latest episode of their great video podcast show Systm. For some reason, Digg founder Kevin Rose is no where to be seen in this episode. His shoes are temporarily filled with the feet of another TechTV alumni, TWiT and DLTV host Patrick Norton. Dan and Patrick take to the floor of the Maker Faire for Systm #6. Thier encounters run the gambit; Implanted RFIDs, Anachronists, Thimble Musicians, Prius Hackers, and more. They learn the dirty secrets of the Geek Squad and explore the future of software radio.

All that and lots of fire too! If you are at all into the DIY movement give this episode a download. Also check out ggee's Creative Commons licensed flickr stream. Where I found the above photo of Patrick happily firing a man portable do-it-yourself flamethrower. I am happy to see the maker movement gaining momentum everyday. It hearkens back to that time decades ago, when lots of kids had chemistry sets or model rockets, and there was a always project brewing in the family garage. Pass the solder gun, it's time to void the warranty.


"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocations of equations. These are the tools we employ and we know many things." - Elric the Technomage

P.S. There is plenty of other interesting content from the Revision 3 folks as well. Shop around, you may find something you like.