blueslugs.com » pictorially http://blueslugs.com/wordpress Observations from a West Coast family Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:07:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pipes arrivehttp://blueslugs.com/wordpress/2010/05/17/pipes-arrive/ http://blueslugs.com/wordpress/2010/05/17/pipes-arrive/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 05:08:40 +0000 Stephen http://blueslugs.com/wordpress/?p=31409 Large pipe Another large pipe Still another large pipe
This morning, the pipe segments began to arrive for the section of Bay Division Pipeline No. 5 nearest us. The pipes are a distinct dark blue-green, with the ends capped with paper.

]]> http://blueslugs.com/wordpress/2010/05/17/pipes-arrive/feed/ 0 A few hours at Maker Faire 2009http://blueslugs.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/a-few-hours-at-maker-faire-2009/ http://blueslugs.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/a-few-hours-at-maker-faire-2009/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 04:08:23 +0000 Stephen http://blueslugs.com/wordpress/?p=31161 We got to this year’s Maker Faire fairly early, and saw the many cool things people have built. (It was our first Maker Faire, and we underestimated the event’s popularity.)

Benjamin, who’s recently become an enthusiastic chess player, got to face off against the chess playing robot: B Hahn v. chessplayingrobot.com, Maker Faire 2009, San Mateo, CA, USA
Ben attempted a Scholar’s Mate, was stymied, and then had to go on defense; I suspect he’s been winning at school with that one.

Nathaniel and I were pressed against the barriers to see the lightning demonstration: Lightning demonstration at the Maker Faire 2009
Cool.

At an event where most exhibitors have made or built something physical, I must comment that a purely virtual or computational exhibit underwhelms.

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