Best. Maker Faire. YET. Long lines for mediocre food? Not this year: lots of widely varied food, short lines and at least a few food Makers (which have seemed sorely lacking in past years.) A lot of cool new projects / vendors and better organized by topic / theme. The faire has grown quite a bit and the tone has changed slightly. This year was smoother and more polished than it has been; more people are selling things, but mostly in a good way. I got to make a couple necklaces with PMC, which turns out to be easy to sculpt (as expected) and easy to fire with a Little Torch (pleasant surprise!) Helped kids build Bristlebots at the EMSL booth and, as always, plugged their kits every chance I got. Found a nifty new band and played with fire (not this implementation, but same basic idea; I must build one of these!) Bought some truffle salt and, of course, hauled pinball machines, just to name a few highlights.
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