OK, I was not prepared for geek halloween costumes haunting the web in a large number. Don’t ask why. I simply went to Makezine to check out some Halloween tips, and then decided to run a search on ‘geek halloween costumes’. Lots of results: it is mainstream to be geek at halloween, whatever you should […]
Besides ‘open source software‘, ‘open source hardware‘ as a concept is gaining more and more acceptance. One of the advocates is Limor Fried. Phillip Torrone at Austin Maker Faire (2007) asked her about what is behind this term and we have seen some hacking projects going on, for instance the wifi-killer Jammer, the Chumby (which […]
We’ve been to MAKER FAIRE!!! Attila & I have been really looking forward to Austin Maker Faire (luckily, close enough to New Orleans!) & meeting people who like tinkering with things, have a deeply injected creative urge and innermost curiosity to make, break, recycle, have fun, etc. Besides having a great time at a […]
I firmly believe in Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child project that MIT has been nurturing with the idea of helping kids in developing countries to get hold of a hyper user-friendly and intuitive, plus funny gadget - at a very VERY affordable price (originally planned as $100 now, with the shipping costs $200). It […]