Maker Faire

Have you ever heard of the MakerFaire?? It is once a year and held at the San Mateo Fairgrounds as well as other areas in the nation. http://www.makerfaire.com/. We went and it was cool! Just imagine people with all different hobbies getting together and debuting what they made the previous year. Water balloon suits, crafts, heavy industry, water fountains, light, music, electronics, giant contraptions, crazy cars, robots galore. We walked into the music exhibit and saw robotic music that created lighting rods altered by the music. Danny liked the clock/piano sculpture. Some of these pictures are ours and others I just got from the internet to show you our day. Jacki once commented on why people take pictures at museums of fish when they can get a better one of the internet. was wondering why all these people take pictures of fish when you can get a better picture of the internet. I don't take many pictures but am so excited that I could find any picture from our day on the Internet to journal. It is amazing!! There were about 5 huge arena and the entire lot and walkways were filled with different exhibits.

Ukranian Egg robot. I made these eggs in fifth grade.

Lego Mania.

This is a tribute to Spain.

I saw this guy from Mythbusters, a show Danny likes. We actually didn't see him speak.

Most of the people were true artists....

Coke Zero meets mentos plus music = musical dancing explosion....

A shuttle in case you wanted a ride.

These people peddled to control how fast they went and how fast the music went. We actually saw a guy fly off this really hard. I couldn't help but laugh even though I felt kind of bad. He wasn't a young guy and the guy in charge was just yelling at the crippled man on the floor to get out of the way. I guess the sign that said, "enjoy the ride, you will certainly -- well probably, get hurt."

Flat stanley with the robots.

Scott and Tyler making lights.

A steam train that powered a snow cone machine.

I liked this clan of ghetto bikers that blasted rap, decorated their bikes with amps and streamers, and made a giant bike from two smaller bikes.

If you haven't been you should go. We went to a RC boat show with naval boats that was similar to battle ship. They shot canons or missiles at each other hoping to sink their opponent. It was cool, but a little slow moving. Overall, we had a good time. Poor Scott would have really enjoyed it but he had a migraine and hid in the stroller since his head hurt from the light. Tyler enjoyed some things but is still a little young. Danny enjoyed it but his hip was really bothering him. Someday my family will all be fixed and healthy.