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Maker Faire Brighton 2011

I’m here in the seaside city of Brighton, England, at the fascinating Mini Maker Faire. Lots of enthusiastic exhibitors are showing off the stuff that they made. One of my favorites so far is the 3D chair modeling app. It will be open sourced in about 3 months, and allow people to easily model their…Continue Reading…

a Free Bag of Chips

After a quick breakfast, I brushed my teeth, and then came to the buzzing hostel lobby. While unobtrusively sitting here and working on my computer, a mid-age man came to refill the big vending machine, which happens to be next to the couch I’m sitting on. He began to load the 34.5-gram bags of “Walkers”…Continue Reading…

Eiffel Tower shows the French are Protoss

Tuesday, Aug 23 – Day 15 I mostly stayed home and worked. I went to the Louvre and discovered they are closed on Tuesdays. Wednesday, Aug 24 – Day 16 I went to the Eiffel Tower in the morning. I discovered that the French are Protoss. Now I’m at the Apple Store in the Louvre….Continue Reading…

Château de Versailles

Friday, Aug 19 – Day 11 I took a train from Cologne, Germany to Paris, France. Caleb met me at the train station. I went to Andy’s apartment. Andy is graciously hosting me for the week. Saturday, Aug 20 – Day 12 Caleb and I went to the Château de Versailles. There were long lines. We…Continue Reading…

Vodaphone.de Check Balance

check balance *100# top up credit *100*(top up code)# costs of last call *102# Source Wednesday, Aug 17 – Day 9 Explored the city with Cefalon, then rice and veggies for dinner. Thursday, Aug 18 – Day 10 Gamescom in the day, then “pancakes” for dinner. Tomorrow I’ll go to France. Still not sure where…Continue Reading…

German Schnitzel reminds me of Japanese Tonkatsu

Sunday, Aug 14 – Day 6 We left CCCamp, and I spent the evening and night at C4 (CCCC: Chaos Computer Club Cologne). Monday, Aug 15 – Day 7 We explored Cologne (German: Koeln), especially the famous cathedral. Cefalon is a superb and enthusiastic tour guide ;) I helped with cooking a tasty home-made dinner; Cefalon…Continue Reading…