…has pretty much been the sound track to our lives for the past 4 months. Check out our Flight of the Bumble Bee video here: http://youtu.be/DwVyVqM3BAg?hd=1 This video will be playing in “ContainR” at Maker Faire. It’s next weekend folks, step right up and get your tickets! It’s only a 2 day event and there are a limited number of tickets.

Only four more weekends left before Maker Faire. Four more weekends and still so much to do. No more time for slacking off. Curiously, I feel no sense of panic. Just the calm before the storm. More of a … fuzzy mellow blissfulness. Come to think of it, that may have something to do with the nearly empty pint glass in front of me. “Nah. Probably not. Probably just my deep rooted confidence in our general awesomeness.

We’ve sent our info and photos in for the Maker Faire website today! Check out the website here: http://www.makerfaire.ca/ Progress on our projects is actually occurring. Don’t look so surprised! I’ve posted several new photos in the projects gallery. The bench is now half done, next are the bookcases. View larger photos…

It’s true! Vancouver is holding it’s own Maker Faire in June 2011! For anyone reading who isn’t familiar with Maker Faire, it’s the ultimate DIY festival - a combination conference and trade show for Makers of all ages. Check out the Vancouver Maker Faire website: http://www.makerfaire.ca/ With reckless spontaneity and enthusiasm, we registered and paid our hundred bucks for a 10 ft x 10 ft space! We are now officially Maker Faire Presenters!

PureData 0.42.5 Deb for Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 *download url corrected. Sorry. Works great on my system, you may need to run LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so pdextended in order to get it to use some cameras.

I recently went to the local freegeek and picked up an old Model M 1391401 for a STEAL. Part way through my USB upgrade, I found that not all great deals are created equal. While the condition of the plastic and electronics seemed pristine, there was a full cup of coffee poured into the bottom of the keyboard and congealed. I am assuming this happened about 20 years ago or so, and I would later discover that the mess had crystallized into a horrific and conductive smear on the bottom trace on the key membrane.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-9XY7L-gM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999] KeyboarDuino is an arduino with a full usb/hid stack on it. Will be used for my custom keyboard design :)