Mark has the deets’ on this weekend’s Maker Faire try outs in LA, he writes – Are you ready for Maker Faire Bay Area 2008? The call for makers is open now! Come to the Los Angeles tryouts on February 9, 2008, from noon to 4pm at Machine Project, 1200 D North Alvarado Street, Los […]
Mark at Boing Boing writes: The Blow N Glo Special, built and driven by Maddog, is a nice-looking car built to compete in the San Fernando Valley Illegal Soap Box Federation races. The February issue of Hot Rod has an article about the S.F.V.I.S.B.F. San Fernando Valley Illegal Soap Box Federation – Link
Exciting news from Canada: The Winnipeg Do It Yourself Festival is heading into its second year. This year it is running from March 10th to 16th at the University of Winnipeg and Red Road Lodge. Last year there were many interesting workshops and this year it appears to be growing. There are workshops covering everything […]
The Richmond Craft Mafia is holding a free social to help build the crafting community. It’s being held on Sunday, February 10th at the Camel. More info and directions – Link.
above: “Visit to the Glo Zoo” by Lisa Petrucci Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle is hosting a great-looking group show this coming weekend called A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. From the press release: The mysterious links we have with animals are integral part of our psychological make up. As humans we treasure them, fetishize […]
Molly Meng of 8mm ideas is having an opening for her art show at Candystore (3153 16th Street) in San Francisco Thursday, Feb 7 from 6:30-8:30pm. Link.
Rock stars Theo Watson and Zach Lieberman will be running a Tinker.it workshop on their platform openFrameworks: This is the first ever UK workshop on openFrameworks, a cross-platform C++ library for creative coding, and an opportunity to experiment with building new systems for interaction that move away from the screen and into physical space. This […]
