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brouschDetroit Makerfaire was great!12:09
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cmaloneyMorning13:46
cmaloneybrousch: That's awesome! :)13:46
brouschI'd never been to the Henry Ford. It was overwhelming13:49
cmaloneyYeah, there's a lot to it13:49
cmaloneyIt's a two-day museum13:49
brouschIt was hard to drag George past the regular exhibits so we could do all of the maker stuff13:49
cmaloneyOne day for Henry Ford, one day for Greenfield Village13:49
jrwrenbrousch: yeah, you should go back. Its great.13:51
jrwrenWe haven't been there much this year, but most years we go to HFM at least twice and to the Village at least twice.13:52
brouschIt was only 2hrs and 15min drive, too13:52
brouschI was most impressed and saddened by all the great booths by i3, Lansing Makers Network, AHA, etc. Sad because it reminded me of how dysfunctional our maker communities are in GR13:53
jrwreni3 is HUGE now. Its grown so much.13:54
brouschThe build your car and race it was incredible13:55
brouschMy son's favorite was the droids, and the Artemis shap ship bridge simulator13:56
brouschspace ship13:56
jrwrenthe wood box car... who ran that, AHA? I know they had lots of Ann Arbor First volunteers13:56
brouschI thought that was i313:57
jrwrenthey might have had one too, but the one i"m thinking of wasn't i3.13:57
jrwrenoh, it was MakerSpace13:57
brouschah, right13:57
jrwrenMaker-Works.13:57
jrwrensorry.13:57
brouschI hadn't heard of it13:58
jrwrenI had, but I better have, because they are just on the other side of town :)13:58
jrwrenoh, and I've been at all but hte first maker faire. :)13:58
jrwrenThis year, I don't feel like anything really stood out. It was really like a mix of all the past years.13:59
brouschA lot of it was "take something you know, and make it really big"14:01
brouschhot wheels loop, battleship, operation14:01
jrwrenah, yeah. I think the take away on those is that its fun to make and someone actually made it.14:03
jrwrendid you watch mentos and coke?14:03
brouschNo, we missed it14:04
jrwrendamn!14:04
jrwrenits really worth seeing once.14:04
jrwrenWe skipped it this year, because it doesn't change, even my daughter got bored :)14:04
jrwrenBut they explain it all and show some of their different tests and say "TRY THIS AT HOME" :)14:05
brouschThe fiber arts section was good14:05
jrwrenwhat is that?14:05
brouschknitting14:05
jrwrenah, yup.14:05
jrwrenabout the same as the past couple years, so we breezed through that area.14:05
brouschThey did a good job of bringing in typically female interests. My wife was actually excited to go14:06
jrwrenoh yeah.14:06
jrwrenMy wife is who saved the date and picked the day :)14:07
brouschI think it helped that I pushed my wife out of the house this year to socialize with other people. She joined a knitting club and Hacker Gals14:09
jrwrenalways a good idea.14:19
brouschcmaloney: Who do you have going to PyOhio this year?14:38
cmaloneyToo soon to tell14:42
cmaloneyThis week has not been kind to us.14:42
cmaloneyJoDee's dad might have JoDee take off14:42
cmaloneyAnd we learned this morning that JoDee's sister's boyfriend's sister killed herself last night / this morning14:43
cmaloneySo not sure what is going on.14:43
cmaloneyOn Sunday JoDee said I was going to PyOhio if for no other reason than to drive Andy (her friend) down there.14:44
cmaloneyI know my boss, his wife,  and several of my co-workers are going.14:44
brouschHm, complicated :(14:44
_stink_yikes.14:44
brouschWell we're in the Blackwell this year, so we'll meetup if you make it down14:45
cmaloneybrousch: Finally figured out the correct way to PyOhio14:45
cmaloney;)14:45
brouschWell some years people want to be cheap14:46
brouschWe have 7 from GRPUG this year14:46
cmaloneyNice!14:46
brouschOn guy is driving himself and staying with a friend in Columbus14:48

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