{"id":1933,"date":"2009-06-02T08:02:36","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T15:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2022-12-28T13:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T21:26:30","slug":"we-rocked-the-maker-faire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/we-rocked-the-maker-faire\/","title":{"rendered":"We rocked the Maker Faire!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, the <a href=\"http:\/\/makerfaire.com\">Maker Faire<\/a> is over &#8211; but it was totally awesome!\u00a0 Kylie, Tony and I gave out hundreds of moo cards and stickers, met lots of Makers, and spread the word about my <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/wifiradio\/\">DIY wireless streaming internet radio project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a pic of me and Tony during the second day of the Faire.\u00a0 Tony built the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mightyohm\/3567603673\/in\/set-72157607903511625\/\">awesome wooden enclosure<\/a> for the project.\u00a0 Last week, he decided to come up from Los Angeles at the last minute to see what the Maker Faire is all about.\u00a0 Based on the grin he had all weekend, I&#8217;m pretty sure he&#8217;ll be back next year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/3584441342_b7eee68e94.jpg\" alt=\"2009 Bay Area Maker Faire\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My project won an Editor&#8217;s Choice ribbon!\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a very happy me with Phil Torrone and Limor Fried of Make\/Adafruit Industries:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/3583646457_0e48ed32f5.jpg\" alt=\"2009 Bay Area Maker Faire\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I took lots of photos!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mightyohm\/sets\/72157619075294522\/\">Check em out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, the Maker Faire is over &#8211; but it was totally awesome!\u00a0 Kylie, Tony and I gave out hundreds of moo cards and stickers, met lots of Makers, and spread the word about my DIY wireless streaming internet radio project. Here&#8217;s a pic of me and Tony during the second day of the Faire.\u00a0 Tony &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/we-rocked-the-maker-faire\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">We rocked the Maker Faire!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[105],"tags":[106,19,18,162],"class_list":["post-1933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-kc6qhp","tag-make","tag-maker-faire","tag-wifiradio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-vb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3971,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/t-minus-1-week-to-the-maker-faire\/","url_meta":{"origin":1933,"position":0},"title":"T-minus 1 week to the Maker Faire","author":"Jeff","date":"May 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I'll be there! \u00a0I'm showing off my Wifi Radio project on the Make: stage at 1:30PM on Saturday.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/MF11_BA_Ad_Make_300x250_Green.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1205,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/maker-faire-bay-area-2009-call-for-makers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1933,"position":1},"title":"Maker Faire Bay Area 2009: Call for Makers","author":"Jeff","date":"February 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Guess what?\u00a0 The Maker Faire Bay Area 2009 Call for Makers is now online! The Maker Faire will take place on May 30th and 31st this year at the San Mateo Expo Center (the same location as previous years). Being in the Faire is an amazing experience.\u00a0 Last year I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makezine.com\/images\/makerfaire\/ads\/336X280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5489,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/come-see-my-glowy-geiger-chimes-at-the-2013-maker-faire-bay-area\/","url_meta":{"origin":1933,"position":2},"title":"Come see my Glowy Geiger Chimes at the 2013 Maker Faire Bay Area!","author":"Jeff","date":"May 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It's that time of the year again! The 2013 Maker Faire Bay Area is next weekend (May 18-19th) in San Mateo, California. 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