I’ve just spent the weekend with hackers at Maker Faire in Austin, Texas.

Sitting next to the cool kids from the Austinist, who offered maps to let people draw their area landmarks,

I met inventors, idealists, and geeks and told them about the Knight News Challenge.

Wandering, I watched as the Austin Metal Authority forged their own area of the Show Barn;

bot immolation dominated the center;

stop motion mandalas rotate and swirl.

Turning, I saw an alternative armadillo vehicle roar in and speed off in the direction of the

Austin Bike Zoo—the cyclists offered other fanciful transportation options around the grounds.

And Alexander’s Dark Band played a song about Tarzan Steve on top of a truck near a swinging disco ball;

a life-size mousetrap went off,

and gypsy bands played into the twilight.

Curious, fascinating, surreal. Tip of a (striped, plumed) top hat to all the makers out there—

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Posted Sunday, October 19th, 2008, 9:09 am | Filed in Design, Photography, Technology, Travel, Video. Follow responses through the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.