More Maker Faire

Just cos the Maker Faire was over a week ago doesn't mean I am not going to post more pics!

People ask me what the Maker Faire was like and well imagine a whole heap of crafting and electronics and making geeks all getting together. There was all sorts of stuff - Tesla generators (gods they were noisy but now I have a better idea of the Tesla trees in Dan Simmon's book "Hyperion"), Wikipedia, softees, yarn/fibre, paintings, textiles, prints, steam punk...

Here are some more pics from the day:


A flowersaw for the powertools races.


Mobile cupcakes. I love the hats the people were wearing.


What the? This thing was scary - it was on treads and had forklift propane tanks.


A steampunk mobile home.

I have a heap of weird bikes to show off too, and more pics once I manage to get the other computer running - it is being naughty and I only have them on it.

Maker Faire - Offally Good

I wonder if they really are?



This mob must be good -

look how many people were willing to queue in the hot sun! Reminds me of getting in when they were dropping people off from the free shuttles at the gate where only two windows were open! 20 minutes just to pay cash and I reckon about 2 hours of waiting for the credit/debit queue. They didn't say that there were other gates....

A close look at my pea*

I've been waiting and waiting for this: *The naughty life of peas

First the flower:


Then the baby pealet - you can see the stigma and the anthers still attached to the pealet in one shot:




The peapod grows long and then starts growing outwards (indeed like most of us - we grow up and then grow out). When it is nice and stout, it can be picked! More and more peas grow - yummo!


Hope you enjoyed a close look at my pea(s)!

(Apologies to those who are still getting over winter - we are on a dead run for summer here.)